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| Richard Cudahy | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Jimmy Carter |
| Active: | 9/26/1979 - 8/15/1994 |
| Senior: | 8/15/1994 - Present |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1926 |
| Home State: | Milwaukee, WI |
| Bachelors: | West Point '48 |
| Law School: | Yale Law '55 |
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Richard Dickson Cudahy (b. 1926) is a federal appeals judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter.
Early life and education
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cudahy graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1948. After graduating from West Point, Cudahy served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1948 to 1951. Cudahy later obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1955 from Yale Law.[1]
Legal career
- U.S. Army Air Corps Lieutenant, 1948-1951
- Law clerk, Hon. Charles Clark, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1955-1956
- Assistant to legal advisor, U.S. Department of State, 1956-1957
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1957-1960
- President and C.E.O., Patrick Cudahy, Inc., Cudahy and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1961-1971
- Lecturer, Marquette University Law School, 1961-1966
- Visiting professor of law, University of Wisconsin, 1966-1967
- Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1972
- Member and chairman, Wisconsin Public Service Commission, 1972-1975
- Private practice, Washington, DC, 1976-1979
- Lecturer, George Washington University School of Law, 1976-1979 [1]
Federal judicial career
On the unanimous recommendation of Senators Gaylord Nelson and William Proxmire, Cudahy was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on May 22, 1979 to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629, 1632, which was approved by Congress. Cudahy was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 25, 1979 and received commission on September 26, 1979. Cudahy assumed senior status on August 15, 1994.[1]
Notable cases
IL abortion law case
| United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit *Zbaraz et al., v. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, et at. US 08-1620, 08-1782 |
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| Judge Cudahy was part of a three judge panel led by Judge John Tinder on July 14, 2009, that removed an injunction against the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995.[2] The 1995 law required parental notification for abortions in Illinois. After the law was passed, it remained latent due to an injunction filed that prevented enforcement.[2]
Under the law, parents must be notified 48 hours before a girl age seventeen or younger obtains an abortion in Illinois. However, it does not require parental consent. The law also contains a provision to bypass the notification requirement by notifying a judge.[3] After the law was passed a group of Illinois doctors demanded that Attorney General Jim Ryan should refrain from enforcing it due to complaints over the judicial bypass provision. Both sides agreed to a court order placing an injunction on enforcement of the law. It was not until 2006 that the Illinois Supreme Court allowed enforcement of the law, but the State was required to file a lawsuit to lift the injunction.[3] The suit was filed in March of 2007, when Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan petitioned federal judge David Coar to lift the injunction.[3] Judge Coar denied the petition, and subsequently, the Thomas More Society and the Illinois Catholic Conference filed an appeal to the Seventh Circuit. The three judge panel decided in favor of the judicial bypass provision, stating, "the law is constitutional on its face under the relevant criteria for consent statutes, and therefore, it satisfies any criteria that are required for bypass provisions in notice statutes.”[3] Judge Cudahy and Tinder were joined on the three judge panel with Judge Michael Kanne.[3] |
Related case history
This legal issue in Illinois spans almost 25 years. Case history and related cases include:
Zbaraz v. Hartigan, 763 F.2d. 1532, (7th Cir., 1985).[4]
Hartigan v. Zbaraz, 484 U.S. 171, (U.S. 1987).[5]
Zbaraz v. Hartigan, USCA, 7th Cir. Nos-08-1620 and 08-1782(7th Cir. 2009).[6]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Richard Cudahy FJC Bio
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Illinoisfamily.org, "Thomas More Society Claims Victory for Illinois Parents," July 14, 2009
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Courthouse News" Court Upholds Illinois Abortion Notification Law, July 15, 2009
- ↑ Zbaraz v. Hartigan, 763 F.2d. 1532, (7th Cir. 1985). at Openjurist.org
- ↑ Hartigan v. Zbaraz, 484 U.S. 171, (U.S. 1987). at Supreme.justia.com
- ↑ Zbaraz v. Hartigan, USCA, 7th Cir. Nos-08-1620 and 08-1782
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1979–present |
Succeeded by: Terence Evans |
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
