John Wayne Delehant (September 3, 1890 – April 20, 1972) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
John Wayne Delehant
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
Born 1890 in Goodland, KS
Died 1972 in Omaha, NE
FJC ID: 599
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 18/year
Nebraska District Court · 1942–1972
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, Beatrice, Nebraska1913–1942
Appointments
1942–1972 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1913- Creighton UniversityA.M. · 1911
- Creighton UniversityA.B. · 1910