Michael Martin Mihm
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Michael Martin Mihm is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in 1967. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1943 · age 83
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Loras College 1964 · St. Louis Law 1967
- Succeeded
- Robert Dale Morgan
- Succeeded by
- James Edward Shadid
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Central District of Illinois succeeded Robert Dale Morgan | 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
| Loras College | B.A. | 1964 |
| St. Louis University School of Law | J.D. | 1967 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mihm was assigned 6,599 district-court cases (1980–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 204 days across 6,211 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 150 of Mihm’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 114 were affirmed, 25 reversed or vacated, and 11 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, Mihm authored 228 published opinions for the court (1982–2011). Most cited: Iowa Wireless Servs. LP v. City of Moline, Ill. (34 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Iowa Wireless Servs. LP v. City of Moline, Ill. | 29 F. Supp. 2d 915 | 34 |
| 1989 | Christison v. Slane (In Re Silldorff) | 96 B.R. 859 | 33 |
| 1995 | Griffith v. Keystone Steel and Wire | 887 F. Supp. 1133 | 31 |
| 1989 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Cerar (In Re Cerar) | 97 B.R. 447 | 31 |
| 1992 | O'CONNER v. Commonwealth Edison Co. | 807 F. Supp. 1376 | 30 |
| 1984 | Kiddie Rides USA, Inc. v. Elektro-Mobiltechnik GMBH | 579 F. Supp. 1476 | 30 |
| 1991 | Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Zaborac | 773 F. Supp. 137 | 29 |
| 1991 | United States v. Rock Island Armory, Inc. | 773 F. Supp. 117 | 29 |
| 1990 | O'CONNER v. Commonwealth Edison Co. | 748 F. Supp. 672 | 27 |
| 1987 | Zaborac v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa. | 663 F. Supp. 330 | 27 |
| 1986 | Worrell v. Federal Land Bank of St. Louis (In Re Worrell) | 67 B.R. 16 | 24 |
| 2001 | Crue v. Aiken | 137 F. Supp. 2d 1076 | 23 |
| 1991 | Isaacs v. Caterpillar, Inc. | 765 F. Supp. 1359 | 23 |
| 1984 | Holle v. Moline Public Hospital | 598 F. Supp. 1017 | 23 |
| 1995 | Piquard v. City of East Peoria | 887 F. Supp. 1106 | 22 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 228 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 Michael Martin Mihm?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Michael Martin Mihm to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in 1982.
- Was Michael Martin Mihm appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Michael Martin Mihm was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Michael Martin Mihm's confirmation vote?
- Michael Martin Mihm was confirmed by voice vote on August 5, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Michael Martin Mihm on?
- Michael Martin Mihm is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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44 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).