John Weld Peck II (June 23, 1913 – September 7, 1993) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
John Weld Peck II
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1913 in Cincinnati, OH
Died 1993 in Cincinnati, OH
FJC ID: 1858
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 602/year
Ohio Supreme Court · 1959–1960Ohio Southern District Court · 1962–1966Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–1993
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, Cincinnati, Ohio1938–1942, 1946–1949, 1954–1959, 1960–1961
- Supreme Court of OhioJustice · 1959–1960
- Hamilton County [Ohio] Court of Common PleasJudge · 1949–1950, 1953–1954
- State of OhioTax commissioner · 1951–1953
- Gov. Frank J. Lausche, OhioExecutive secretary · 1949
JAG DepartmentU.S. Army · 1942–1946
Appointments
1966–1993 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1962–1966 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1938- Miami University, OhioA.B. · 1935