Abner Joseph Mikva
1926–2016 · Milwaukee, WI
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Judge | Jimmy Carter (Democratic) | Sep 26, 1979 | Retirement, Sep 19, 1994 |
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1951
Professional Career
U.S. Army, Air Corps, 1944-1945; Law clerk, Hon. Sherman Minton, Supreme Court of the United States, 1951-1952; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1952-1968, 1973-1974; State representative, Illinois, 1956-1966; U.S. representative from Illinois, 1969-1973, 1975-1979; Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1973-1975; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1991-1994; White House counsel, 1994-1995; Visiting professor, University of Chicago, 1996-
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 1,269 opinions from 1979 to 1995
- William Sanjour v. Environmental Protection Agency 1995
- Joseph C. Steffan v. William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense 1994
- Drug Plastics & Glass Co., Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board 1994
- Crown Cork & Seal Company v. National Labor Relations Board, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, Intervenor 1994
- Capital Network System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission 1994
- United States v. Frederick F. Fadayini, United States of America v. Fatai A. Gafari 1994
- Department of Veterans Affairs v. Federal Labor Relations Authority 1994
- Village of Bergen v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1994
- Tri-State Steel Construction, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission 1994
- Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of Interior 1994
- National Ass'n of Life Underwriters, Inc. v. Commissioner 1994
- Northern States Power Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1994
- Transaero, Inc. v. La Fuerza Aerea Boliviana 1994
- Animal Legal Defense Fund, Inc. v. Mike Espy, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture 1994
- Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. National Mediation Board 1994
- Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. National Mediation Board 1994
- Exxel/atmos, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board 1994
- John J. Kenney, Jr. v. Roland Parson Contracting Corporation 1994
- Florida Cellular Mobil Communications Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission 1994
- Consarc Corporation v. Iraqi Ministry United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control 1994
- Action on Smoking and Health v. Department of Labor 1994
- Park Dean Kauffman Gaila M. Kauffman v. Anglo-American School of Sofia, an Unincorporated Association 1994
- Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1994
- The Government of Guam v. American President Lines 1994
- Tao v. Freeh 1994
- Steel Manufacturers Ass'n v. Environmental Protection Agency 1994
- Linda Wheeler Tarpeh-Doe, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Nyenpan Tarpeh-Doe, II v. United States of America 1994
- United States of America, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Cordell Spencer, Appellant/cross-Appellee 1994
- Acme Die Casting, a Division of Lovejoy Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board 1994
- Karl Gallant v. National Labor Relations Board 1994
- Jem Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Gayla Joy Hendren, Intervenor 1994
- Kelley v. Environmental Protection Agency 1994
- Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies v. Federal Communications Commission, Rochester Telephone Corporation, Intervenors 1994
- United States v. Tdc Management Corporation, Inc. Conrad T. Monts 1994
- Public Utilities Commission of California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1994
- Michele Steinberg v. United States Department of Justice 1994
- Rosemarie CARR, Appellant, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General 1994
- Ute Hayman v. National Academy of Sciences 1994
- John J. Hilbert, Jr. v. District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation 1994
- National Classification Committee v. United States 1994
- United States v. Sheila K. Smaw 1994
- Health Insurance Ass'n of America, Inc. v. Shalala 1994
- City of Grapevine, Texas v. Department of Transportation, Dallas/fort Worth International Airport Board, Intervenor 1994
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency 1994
- Dan E. Moldea v. New York Times Company 1994
- Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior 1994
- Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior 1994
- Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. v. Amcell F Atlantic City, Inc. 1994
- Howard Bernstein, Maxine Bernstein, Alan Bernstein v. North East Insurance Company 1994
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission 1994
- Brett C. Kimberlin v. Michael J. Quinlan 1994
- William F. Callejo Adelfa B. Callejo William D. Graue v. Resolution Trust Corporation 1994
- Pritam S. Verma v. United States of America 1994
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Peña 1994
- Public Service Electric & Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1994
- Helen Mining Co. v. Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission ex rel. Smith 1994
- Washington Legal Foundation v. United States Sentencing Commission 1994
- Dan E. Moldea v. New York Times Company 1994
- Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics v. Drug Enforcement Administration 1994
- Action for Children's Television v. Federal Communications Commission 1994
- Alliance for Community Media v. Federal Communications Commission 1994
- Miami Mds Company v. Federal Communications Commission 1994
- McDonald v. Washington 1994
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Transportation 1994
- Kelley v. Environmental Protection Agency 1994
- In Re Kenneth L. Turner 1994
- Ayuda, Inc. v. Janet Reno, Individually and as Attorney General of the United States 1994
- United States v. Keith G. Wright 1994
- Joseph C. Steffan v. Les Aspin, Secretary of Defense 1994
- Schreiber v. Society for Savings Bancorp, Inc. 1993
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission 1993
- Puerto Rico Higher Education Assistance Corporation v. Richard W. Riley, Secretary of the Department of Education 1993
- Casper Eugene Harding v. Vincent Gray 1993
- Alliance for Community Media v. Federal Communications Commission 1993
- Action for Children's Television v. Federal Communications Commission 1993
- National Labor Relations Board v. United States Postal Service, American Postal Workers Union, Afl-Cio, Intervenor 1993
- United States v. Frank Dave Clark, A/K/A Tink 1993
- Barbara J. MacKey v. United States of America 1993
- Career Education, Inc., D/B/A Atds-Texas v. Department of Education 1993
- Beach Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission 1993
- United States v. Candisha S. Robinson 1993
- United States v. Pedro Jolio Prandy-Binett 1993
- United States v. Bailey 1993
- Sarah Kattan, by Her Parents and Next Friends Susan J. Thomas and Joseph Kattan, and Cross-Appellants v. District of Columbia, and Cross-Appellees 1993
- National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C. 1993
- Linde Thomson Langworthy Kohn & Van Dyke, P.C. v. Resolution Trust Corporation 1993
- Public Citizen Friends of the Earth, Inc. Sierra Club v. United States Trade Representative 1993
- National Treasury Employees Union v. United States 1993
- Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Federal Aviation Administration 1993
- National Labor Relations Board v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, National Labor Relations Board Union, Intervenor 1993
- American Dental Association v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services 1993
- Davis Supermarkets, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board 1993
- Edison Electric Institute v. United States Environmental Protection Agency 1993
- Tmg II v. United States 1993
- Armstrong v. Executive Office of the President 1993
- Commercial Union Insurance Company v. United States v. William Scott 1993
- Lashawn A., by Her Next Friend, Evelyn Moore v. Sharon Pratt Kelly 1993
- The Army Times Publishing Company v. Department of the Air Force 1993
- Moving Phones Partnership L.P. v. Federal Communications Commission 1993
- Sanjour v. Environmental Protection Agency 1993