# Kenneth Francis Ripple > Federal judicial disclosures. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/27191 ## Record - **Judge:** Kenneth Francis Ripple - **Year:** 2006 - **Pages:** 10 ## Text Key Bank, So. Bend, IN IRA -CD — Interest Key Bank, So. Bend, INIRA -CD — Interest NotreDameFCU,NotreDame, IN savings & checking account — Interest U.S. Savings Bonds — None UND TIAA/CREF Retirement Fund — Int/Div Dreyfus Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund — Interest — Sold Prudential Insurance Policy #2 — Int/Div Conseco Whole Life Insurance Policy #1 — None Conseco Whole Life Insurance Policy #2 — None MetLife Insurance Policy — None Trust #5 — Int/Div Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Purchased Intermediate Tax Exempt Fund of Ist Source Bank — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Aegis Value Fund Inc — Sold Morgan Stanley Instl Int! Eq-A — Sold Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Morgan Stanley Instl Intl Eq-A — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Puchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased Julius Baer International Equity-A — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Sold Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Sold Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold Julius Baer International Equity-A — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Trust #6 — Int/Div Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased Julius Baer International Equity-A — Purchased Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Purchased Units In Intermediate Tax Exempt Fund — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Aegis Value Fund Inc — Sold Morgan Stanley Instl Intl Eq-A — Sold Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Dodge & Cox Intemational Stock Fd — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Morgan Stanley Inst! Intl Eq-A — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund — Purchased Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Purchased Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Purchased Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Purchased Julius Baer Intemational Equity-A — Purchased Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Purchased Dodge & Cox International Stock Fd — Sold Dodge & Cox Stock Fund — Sold Fidelity Contra Fund #022 — Sold Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund #316 — Sold Julius Baer International Equity-A — Sold Goldman Sachs Fsq Tax Free Money — Sold 1st Source Bank - Checking — Interest MichianaCreditUnion — Interest See Section VIII, Part See Section VIII, Part Agreement — . co See Section VIII, Part II Reimbursement — See Section VIII, Part V Income — 2006 — Part-time teaching-University of Notre Dame — $ 22.646 Spouse's income — 2006 — Erica's Craft & Sewing Center-part time employment, sales and teaching I. Positions Item No. 1. Part-time Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame (joined faculty in 1977; part-time since appointment to Judiciary). As a faculty member, Judge Ripple is entitled to purchase tickets to athletic events at a discount, to receive a twenty percent discount at the University bookstore on some items and a ten percent discount on others, and to use other University facilities such as the library and athletic facilities. He is also a member of the University Club and pays the dues required of any member of the faculty. The Law School provides Judge Ripple with Westlaw and Lexis services for his academic needs. Judge Ripple continues to teach in the present calendar year. Item No. 2. Judge Ripple is a member of the visiting committees of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and of the School of Law of the University of Chicago. Members of the visiting committees simply give advice to the administration and faculty of the University. They have no authority in matters of University governance. II. Agreement 1. TIAA/CREF Pension Fund - Prior to his appointment, Judge Ripple was a full-time employee of the University of Notre Dame. Both he and the University contributed on his behalf to this nation-wide pension fund for University teachers during those years (1977-1985). The fund is administered by a board of trustees. Although Judge Ripple now teaches on a part-time basis at the University, neither he nor the University contributes to the fund as a part of this arrangement. 2. Part-time professor, University of Notre Dame - With the approval of the Chief Judge, Judge Ripple taught one course in the Spring semester of 2006 and one course in the Fall semester. Details are set forth above in Section VIII, I. V. Other Gifts Union League Club of Chicago - The Club has extended signing privileges which permit Judge Ripple to use the Club facilitie: s at th ¢ game cost as charged to members. This privilege is accorded to all Article 11I federal judges who sit in Chicago. The Union League Club charges a fee of; ermonth for use of - these privileges. Regular non-resident dues are $204.00 per quarter. The American Judicature Society gives all federal judges a complimentary membership. Annual dues are ul Judge Ripple receives their publication. The Federal Bar Association gives all federal judges an honorary membership. There are no dues for such members. Regular annual dues are [ N Various bar associations and similar legal groups have extended honorary memberships to Judge Ripple. He did not use these memberships during the reporting period. Details are therefore omitted in accordance with the instructions. West Publishing Company supplies Judge Ripple with a sample set of the Fed eral Repo and miscellaneous legal material for use in his chambers. The company makes these books available to all federal judges. The estimated value i FR These materials are used for the performance of official duties. Judge Ripple received sample text books from law school book publishers for the courses that he teaches at the University of Notre Dame. These books were received under established programs through which publishers send such books to all professors and asks the professors to consider the books for publication. Judge Ripple received these books under the same conditions as all other professors. Books were received from the following publishers. (The value shown is estimated from the published retail price of the book.) Foundation Press - Thomson West Pub ah Matthew Bender - i VII. Investments and Trusts Item Nos. 11, 12 & 13. As noted last year, although it is not entirely clear, it appears that the current version of the instructions requires the reporting of these policies. No dividends or interest are attributable to any individual policy of this type. Each policy does have a cash value; that value is noted. Item No. 13. The previous year this life insurance policy was through Travelers Life Insurance and is now through MetLife Insurance. Item Nos. 15 - 46. These are all of the holdings, purchase, and sale transactions within Trust No. 5 (Item 14) Item Nos. 48 - 79. These are all of the holdings, purchase, and sale transactions within Trust No. 6 (Item 47) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/27191. Public record. Not legal advice.