John Skylstead Rhoades Sr. (March 18, 1925 – September 3, 2007) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
John Skylstead Rhoades Sr.
California Southern District Court
Born 1925 in Havre, MT
Died 2007 in San Diego, CA
FJC ID: 1998
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 16/year
California Southern District Court · 1985–2007
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, San Diego, California1957–1985
- U.S. Naval Reserve1946–1966
- San Diego, CaliforniaDeputy city attorney · 1956–1957
- San Diego, CaliforniaProsecutor · 1955–1956
U.S. Navy1943–1946
Appointments
1985–2007 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco)J.D. · 1951
- Stanford UniversityA.B. · 1948