Larry J. McKinney
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and confirmed by voice vote, Larry J. McKinney was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. He earned a law degree from Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) in 1969. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1944–2017
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1987
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- MacMurray College 1966 · Indiana Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) 1969
- Succeeded
- William Elwood Steckler
- Succeeded by
- Jane Elizabeth Magnus-Stinson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Southern District of Indiana succeeded William Elwood Steckler | Reagan (R) | 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
| MacMurray College | B.A. | 1966 |
| Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) | J.D. | 1969 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, McKinney was assigned 13,029 district-court cases (1981–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 190 days across 13,029 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 230 of McKinney’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 180 were affirmed, 38 reversed or vacated, and 12 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, McKinney authored 152 published opinions for the court (1987–2011). Most cited: Sink v. Knox County Hospital (151 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Sink v. Knox County Hospital | 900 F. Supp. 1065 | 151 |
| 2008 | McConnell v. McKillip | 573 F. Supp. 2d 1090 | 84 |
| 1992 | Allstate Insurance v. Norris | 795 F. Supp. 272 | 26 |
| 1996 | Bradley v. Work | 916 F. Supp. 1446 | 23 |
| 1990 | Dale R. Horning Co. v. Falconer Glass Industries, Inc. | 730 F. Supp. 962 | 22 |
| 1989 | Wischmeyer v. Paul Revere Life Insurance | 725 F. Supp. 995 | 22 |
| 1989 | Burleson v. Illinois Farmers Insurance | 725 F. Supp. 1489 | 22 |
| 1990 | In Re Kerns | 111 B.R. 777 | 21 |
| 1988 | Certain Underwriters of Lloyd's v. General Accident Insurance Co. of America | 699 F. Supp. 732 | 21 |
| 2011 | MERIDIAN FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LTD. v. Pence | 763 F. Supp. 2d 1046 | 18 |
| 1996 | Ward v. Tipton County Sheriff Department | 937 F. Supp. 791 | 17 |
| 1989 | Curtis Management Group, Inc. v. Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences | 717 F. Supp. 1362 | 17 |
| 1992 | Paul Harris Stores, Inc. v. Mabel L. Salter Realty Trust (In Re Paul Harris Stores, Inc.) | 148 B.R. 307 | 16 |
| 1990 | Bicknell v. Stanley (In Re Bicknell) | 118 B.R. 652 | 16 |
| 1998 | Adams v. Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc. | 2 F. Supp. 2d 1077 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 152 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 Larry J. McKinney?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Larry J. McKinney to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 1987.
- Was Larry J. McKinney appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Larry J. McKinney was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Larry J. McKinney's confirmation vote?
- Larry J. McKinney was confirmed by voice vote on July 17, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Larry J. McKinney on?
- Larry J. McKinney was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).