David Aldrich Nelson (August 14, 1932 – October 1, 2010) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
David Aldrich Nelson
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1932 in Watertown, NY
Died 2010 in Indian Hill, OH
FJC ID: 1740
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 32/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 416/year
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–2010
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio1958–1959, 1962–1969, 1972–1985
- U.S. Postal ServiceGeneral counsel · 1969–1971
- ↳senior assistant postmaster general · 1971
Office of General CounselU.S. Air Force lieutenant and attorney-advisor · 1959–1962
Appointments
1985–2010 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1958- Hamilton CollegeA.B. · 1954