Owen Panner
Owen Murphy Panner was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. He joined the court in 1980 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter (D). Panner served as the chief judge of the district court from 1984 to 1990.
Early life and education
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Panner earned his LL.B. from the University of Oklahoma in 1949.[1]
Military service
Panner served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946.[1]
Professional career
- 1992-2018: Senior judge
- 1984-1990: Chief judge
- 1980-1992: Judge
- 1950-1980: Private practice, Bend, Ore.[1]
Judicial career
District of Oregon
Panner was nominated by President Jimmy Carter (D) on December 3, 1979, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon vacated by Otto Skopil. Panner was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 20, 1980, and he received his commission on February 20, 1980. Panner served as the chief judge of the court from 1984 to 1990. He elected to take senior status beginning on July 28, 1992. His service ended with his death in December 2018. He was succeeded in this position by Judge Ancer Haggerty.[1][2]
Noteworthy cases
AT&T Telecom Licenses Dispute (1999)
- See also: United States District Court for the District of Oregon (AT&T, TCI, et. al. v. City of Portland and Multnomah County, CV 99-65-PA)
- See also: United States District Court for the District of Oregon (AT&T, TCI, et. al. v. City of Portland and Multnomah County, CV 99-65-PA)
This was a federal suit brought by AT&T and TCI, a cable company which AT&T had acquired, for a declaratory judgment that the City of Portland and the County of Multnomah illegally refused to grant AT&T/TCI's request for change of control. At issue was whether local governments have authority to condition the transfer of cable licenses on opening access to Internet access providers. The outcome could have a major impact on the deployment of broadband Internet access to residential customers. AT&T lost in district court. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed.
In a federal suit brought by AT&T and TCI, the plaintiffs alleged that the City of Portland and Multnomah County illegally refused to approve AT&T/TCI's application for change of control upon the acquisition of TCI by AT&T. The companies applied for the necessary license transfers for AT&T to be able to provide services in the area. The City of Portland and Multnomah County "decided to condition their approval of the applications on AT&T's agreement to provide open access to all ISPs to its cable network in Portland and Multnomah County."[3] AT&T refused, and the application was subsequently denied.
"After Portland/Multnomah refused the transfer, AT&T, TCI, and TCI's local subsidiaries sued in federal district court in Oregon to compel the City and County to grant the license transfers, without a mandatory access provision. The plaintiffs moved for summary judgment, and the defendants filed a cross-motion for summary judgment."[3]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Oregon
- United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Owen Murphy Panner," accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ Mail Tribune, "Federal Judge Owen M. Panner dies at age 94," December 22, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Summary of AT&T v. City of Portland Cite error: Invalid
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Otto Skopil |
District of Oregon 1980–1992 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Ancer Haggerty
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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 | |||
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Oregon • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Oregon
State courts:
Oregon Supreme Court • Oregon Court of Appeals • Oregon Circuit Courts • Oregon Tax Court • Oregon County Courts • Oregon Justice Courts • Oregon Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Oregon • Oregon judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oregon
