Otto Kerner Jr.

1908–1976 · Chicago, IL

Judicial Service

Court	Title	Appointed By	Commissioned	Termination
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Judge	Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)	Apr 22, 1968	Resignation, Jul 22, 1974

Education

Brown University, A.B., 1930
Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), J.D., 1934

Professional Career

Illinois National Guard (highest rank: major general), 1934-1941, 1946-1954; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1935-1942, 1946-1947; U.S. Army (highest rank: lieutenant colonel), 1941-1946; U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-1954; Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County, 1954-1961; Governor, Illinois, 1961-1968; Consultant, Special Services Center, Lewis University, 1975-1976

Opinions on This Site

Showing 100 of 360 opinions from 1968 to 1972

United States v. Emil Crovedi 1972
United States v. Victor Samuel Kamber 1972
United States v. Jerome Alvin Zemke, Charles Joseph Canesi 1972
United States v. Robert Harper 1972
Aunt Mid, Inc. v. Fjell-Oranje Lines 1972
Reverend Francis X. Lawlor v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago 1972
The Scam Instrument Corporation v. Control Data Corporation 1972
United States v. Morris Saletko 1972
Frantz Manufacturing Company, and v. Phenix Manufacturing Company, Inc., And 1972
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,355 Ella Milnarik v. M-S Commodities, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, and David S. Nelson 1972
United Transportation Union, a Voluntary Unincorporated Labor Association v. Soo Line Railroad Company, a Corporation 1972
United States v. James Gerald Hampton 1972
United States v. Eugene Lufman 1972
United States v. James A. White 1972
Casanova Guns, Inc. v. John B. Connally, Secretary of the Treasury 1972
Particular Cleaners, Inc. And Frances Entwistle v. Commonwealth Edison Company 1972
Theodore W. Robinson v. Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company 1972
United States v. Richard D. Dana 1972
Frank Rodriguez v. United States 1972
United States v. Richard Victor Ponto, United States of America v. Raymond J. Grochowski 1971
United States v. Dennis Michael Gustavson 1971
Katherine M. HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL TEA COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee 1971
Allegheny Airlines, Inc., Third-Party v. Lee Lemay, as Administrator of Estate of Robert W. Carey, Deceased, Third-Party 1971
Ellipse Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Ford Motor Company, Cross-Appellee 1971
L & S Enterprises Company v. Great American Insurance Company and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company 1971
United States v. Lendon Howard Manar 1971
In Re September 1971 Grand Jury. Richard J. Mara, A/K/A Richard J. Marasovich, Witness-Appellant v. United States 1971
Wisconsin Big Boy Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Marc's Big Boy Prospect, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1971
United States ex rel. Townsend v. Twomey 1971
United States v. Archie J. Jackson 1971
United States v. Charles Hershel Radford 1971
Julian R. McClendon v. Winton M. Blount, Postmaster General 1971
United States v. Gilbert Lee Gross 1971
In the Matter of Frank W. Oliver, Attorney 1971
United States of America Ex Rel. Chester Lawrence Kukla v. Major Rollin G. Gillen 1971
Geurkink Farms, Inc., Formerly Known as Elmore Produce Company v. United States 1971
United States v. Goldfell Enterprises, Inc., D/B/A 606 Club 1971
National Labor Relations Board v. Ben Pekin Corporation 1971
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company 1971
United States v. Frank Belcher, Jr. 1971
United States v. Jess A. Willard, United States of America v. Charles R. Kaufman 1971
United States v. John Caldarazzo 1971
Christopher P. Bohus v. Board of Election Commissioners 1971
United States v. Raymond J. Grochowski 1971
United States v. Marlyn Lee Jones 1971
M & W Gear Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1971
Mary Burke Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc. 1971
Van Pickerill & Sons, Incorporated v. United States 1971
Marjorie G. Polon v. R. L. Huffines, Jr. 1971
United States v. Richard Victor Ponto 1971
David E. Roth, for Himself and for All Others Similarly Situated v. The Board of Regents of State Colleges and Roger E. Guiles 1971
Victoria Orzel v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 1971
Leona F. Bartell v. Wilbur Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 1971
Harold Kemmerer v. Mark L. Weaver 1971
Save More of Gary, Inc. v. United States 1971
Universal Materials Corporation, an Illinois Corporation v. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation 1971
Roy D. Hanley v. James McHugh Construction Company, Defendant-Third-Party v. Titan Ornamental Iron Works, Third-Party 1971
Frank Cassata v. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, a Body Corporate and an Instrumentality of the United States 1971
Thomas Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange, an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation 1971
Business Forms Finishing Service, Inc., and Raymond P. Glowiak, Counterclaim v. Palmer A. Carson and Henry Kovach 1971
United States v. Ross Kotakes 1971
United States v. Forrest Edwin McCutcheon 1971
United States v. Richard A. Lauchli, Jr. 1971
United States v. Lewis C. Billingsley, Edith E. Friend, and Harry A. Jaeger 1971
United States v. Frank Dean Teague 1971
Charles Riggs v. The Penn Central Railroad Company 1971
Marcus Advertising, Inc. v. M. M. Fisher Associates, Inc. 1971
United States v. Robert Michael Hanahan 1971
United States v. Santos Orosco Castro 1971
Eugene E. Wells v. Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen 1971
Raymond W. Kiess v. Willard D. Eason, Frederick Kavanagh and Bio-Dynamics, Inc. 1971
Jack K. Lee v. The Board of Regents of State Colleges 1971
Billy Shupps Pollard, A/K/A Billy Shups Pollard v. United States 1971
Lorenzo A. Beltran v. United States of America, Enrique A. And Olga P. Onetti v. United States 1971
United States v. Jack Coe and Mamie Coe 1971
National Labor Relations Board v. International Molders and Allied Workers Union, Local No. 125, Afl-Cio 1971
United States Gypsum Company v. National Gypsum Company and Plaza Plastering Co. 1971
Anthony Nance v. United States 1971
United States v. J. L. Hull 1971
National Labor Relations Board v. The Kostel Corporation, D/B/A Big Ben Shoe Store 1971
United States v. Earl Emerson Franklin, Earl Emerson Franklin v. P. G. Smith, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana 1971
Charles Robert Clarke v. John C. Burke 1971
United States v. Marvin M. Holtzman 1971
United States v. Dallas Ray Delay 1971
National Labor Relations Board v. Winnebago Television Corp., D/B/A Wtvo Television Station 1971
L. G. Balfour Company, a Corporation, and Burr, Patterson & Auld Company, a Corporation v. Federal Trade Commission 1971
United States v. Dwight Stuart Nordlof 1971
United States v. Fred G. Amick 1971
United States v. John Melvin Lomas 1971
Standard Lumber Co. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. 1971
Essex International, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Earl A. Clamage 1971
Robert Harris v. Frank J. Pate, Warden 1971
Mayfrey Mays, Administratrix of the Estate of Daniel Mays, Deceased v. Dealers Transit, Inc., Harold L. Flannery, Donald F. Scalise, and George Mays 1971
United States v. William C. Smith 1971
Stephen C. Ansted v. Stanley R. Resor, Secretary of the Army, and Vernon P. Mock, Commandinggeneral, Fifth United States Army, Fort Sheridan, Illinois 1971
Samuel W. Fletcher and Charlotte D. Fletcher v. United States 1971
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Sweetheart Plastics, Inc., Maryland Cup Corporation, and Sweetheart Cup Corporation 1971
United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Singleton v. Joseph I. Woods, Sheriff of Cook County 1971
Hazel Pintozzi and Geraldine Pintozzi v. William J. Scott, Attorney General of Illinois 1971
United States v. Earl Wyatt 1971

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