Fred Joseph Nichol (March 19, 1912 – December 31, 1996) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Fred Joseph Nichol
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota
Born 1912 in Sioux City, IA
Died 1996
FJC ID: 1758
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 48/year
South Dakota District Court · 1965–1996South Dakota District Court · 1965–1996
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
Judge · 1959–1965- Private practice, Mitchell, South Dakota1938–1958
- South DakotaState representative · 1951–1952, 1957–1958
District of South DakotaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1951–1953- Davison County, South DakotaState's attorney · 1947–1951
U.S. Navy lieutenant1943–1946- U.S. SenateAssistant to administrative assistant · 1936–1938
Appointments
- 1965–1996 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Yankton College, South DakotaA.B. · 1933