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.

John David Holschuh
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
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 34/year
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.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1995
- Private practice, Columbus, Ohio1951–1952, 1954–1980
- Ohio State University College of LawAdjunct professor of law · 1970–1977
Law clerk , Hon. Mell G. Underwood · 1952–1954
Appointments
1980–2011 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1951- Miami University, OhioB.A. · 1948