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John David Holschuh

John David Holschuh

Ohio Southern District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Born 1926 in Ironton, OH

Died 2011 in Columbus, OH

FJC ID: 1084

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year

Ohio Southern District Court · 1980–201119801990200020102020202430
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 34/year

Ohio Southern District Court · 1980–2011198019902000201020202024340
citing decisions

Ohio Southern District Court · 1980–2011

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.

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John David Holschuh (October 12, 1926 – January 26, 2011) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1995
  2. Private practice, Columbus, Ohio
    1951–1952, 1954–1980
  3. Ohio State University College of Law
    Adjunct professor of law · 1970–1977
  4. U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

Appointments

  1. Ohio Southern District Court
    1980–2011 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Cincinnati College of Law
  2. Miami University, Ohio
    B.A. · 1948