John L. Kane Jr.
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, John L. Kane Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. He earned a law degree from University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law) in 1960. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1937 · age 89
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1977
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Colorado 1958 · University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law) 1960
- Succeeded
- Alfred Albert Arraj
- Succeeded by
- Lewis Thornton Babcock
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | District of Colorado succeeded Alfred Albert Arraj | Carter (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| University of Colorado | B.A. | 1958 |
| University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law) | J.D. | 1960 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kane was assigned 4,888 district-court cases (1972–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 208 days across 4,798 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 156 of Kane’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 130 were affirmed, 12 reversed or vacated, and 14 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Kane authored 903 published opinions for the court (1978–2011). Most cited: Cook v. Rockwell International Corp. (124 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Cook v. Rockwell International Corp. | 580 F. Supp. 2d 1071 | 124 |
| 1992 | Evans v. Dunston (In Re Dunston) | 146 B.R. 269 | 57 |
| 1980 | Ramos v. Lamm | 485 F. Supp. 122 | 56 |
| 1983 | Jon Co. v. United States (In Re Jon Co.) | 30 B.R. 831 | 55 |
| 1985 | United States v. Rogers | 602 F. Supp. 1332 | 54 |
| 1990 | Rosania v. Haligas (In Re Dry Wall Supply, Inc.) | 111 B.R. 933 | 52 |
| 1984 | Saine v. A.I.A., Inc. | 582 F. Supp. 1299 | 52 |
| 1979 | Pedreyra v. Cornell Prescription Pharmacies, Inc. | 465 F. Supp. 936 | 47 |
| 1982 | Ruggieri v. General Well Service, Inc. | 535 F. Supp. 525 | 46 |
| 1980 | Adolph Coors Co. v. A. Genderson & Sons, Inc. | 486 F. Supp. 131 | 45 |
| 1983 | Intermountain Systems, Inc. v. Edsall Construction Co. | 575 F. Supp. 1195 | 42 |
| 1990 | Land v. First National Bank in Alamosa (In Re Land) | 116 B.R. 798 | 41 |
| 1983 | Noland v. Gurley | 566 F. Supp. 210 | 38 |
| 1993 | Amazing Enterprises v. Jobin (In Re M & L Business MacHines, Inc.) | 153 B.R. 308 | 37 |
| 1991 | Intercontinental Enterprises, Inc. v. Keller (In Re Blinder, Robinson & Co.) | 127 B.R. 267 | 37 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 903 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 John L. Kane Jr.?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed John L. Kane Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in 1977.
- Was John L. Kane Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John L. Kane Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John L. Kane Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- John L. Kane Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 15, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is John L. Kane Jr. on?
- John L. Kane Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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48 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).