John Milton Killits (October 7, 1858 – September 13, 1938) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 7/year
Ohio Northern District Court · 1910–1938
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
- Ohio Court of Common Pleas, Third Judicial DistrictJudge · 1905–1910
- Private practice, Bryan, Ohio1888–1904
- Williams County, OhioProsecutor · 1893–1899
Appointments
1910–1938 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Williams CollegeA.M. · 1887
- Columbian University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School)LL.M. · 1886
- Columbian University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School)LL.B. · 1885
- Williams CollegeA.B. · 1880