Daniel Anthony Manion
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by the Senate 48–46, Daniel Anthony Manion was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from Indiana University School of Law -- Indianapolis (now McKinney School of Law) in 1973. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1942–2024
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1986
- Confirmed
- 48–46
- Education
- University of Notre Dame 1964 · Indiana Law -- Indianapolis (now McKinney School of Law) 1973
- Succeeded
- Wilbur Frank Pell Jr.
- Succeeded by
- John Daniel Tinder
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Seventh Circuit succeeded Wilbur Frank Pell Jr. | Reagan (R) | 48–46 |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.
Confirmation vote
The Senate’s published per-senator roll-call records begin in 1989, so no senator-by-senator breakdown is available for this vote.
Education
| University of Notre Dame | A.B. | 1964 |
| Indiana University School of Law -- Indianapolis (now McKinney School of Law) | J.D. | 1973 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Manion authored 382 published opinions for the court (2007–2022). Most cited: Gotoimoana Summers v. Nancy A. Berryhill (882 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Gotoimoana Summers v. Nancy A. Berryhill | 864 F.3d 523 | 882 |
| 2021 | Alice Gedatus v. Andrew Saul | 994 F.3d 893 | 861 |
| 2019 | Bruce Giles v. Salvador Godinez | 914 F.3d 1040 | 481 |
| 2015 | Willie Curvin v. Carolyn Colvin | 778 F.3d 645 | 390 |
| 2018 | James Horton v. Frank Pobjecky | 883 F.3d 941 | 347 |
| 2021 | Andrew Pavlicek v. Andrew Saul | 994 F.3d 777 | 300 |
| 2019 | Tyrone Gabb v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc. | 945 F.3d 1027 | 280 |
| 2018 | Robin Austin v. Walgreen Company | 885 F.3d 1085 | 279 |
| 2015 | Bryana Bible v. United Student Aid Funds, Inc. | 799 F.3d 633 | 260 |
| 2015 | Joseph Rossi v. City of Chicago | 790 F.3d 729 | 246 |
| 2014 | Center for Dermatology and Ski v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell | 770 F.3d 586 | 242 |
| 2022 | Victor Gonzalez v. McHenry County, Illinois | 40 F.4th 824 | 239 |
| 2020 | Robert Holleman v. Dushan Zatecky | 951 F.3d 873 | 239 |
| 2021 | Kevin Pack v. Middlebury Community Schools | 990 F.3d 1013 | 225 |
| 2019 | Martin Chaidez v. Ford Motor Company | 937 F.3d 998 | 200 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 382 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Daniel Anthony Manion?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Daniel Anthony Manion to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1986.
- Was Daniel Anthony Manion appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Daniel Anthony Manion was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Daniel Anthony Manion's confirmation vote?
- The Senate confirmed Daniel Anthony Manion 48–46 on June 26, 1986.
- Which court was Daniel Anthony Manion on?
- Daniel Anthony Manion was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Peter Ringenberg (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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38 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).