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Oliver Gasch

Oliver Gasch

District of Columbia District Court

Born 1906 in Washington, DC

Died 1999 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 828

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year

District of Columbia District Court · 1965–1999196519701980199020002010201710
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 54/year

District of Columbia District Court · 1965–19991965197019801990200020102017540
citing decisions

District of Columbia District Court · 1965–1999

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.

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Oliver Gasch (May 4, 1906 – July 8, 1999) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    1932– , 1961–1965
  2. U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia
    1956–1961
  3. Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
    General counsel · 1940–1960
  4. District of Columbia
    District of Columbia
    Principal assistant U.S. attorney · 1953–1956
  5. Washington, D.C.
    Assistant corporation counsel · 1937–1953
  6. JAG Department
    JAG Department
    U.S. Army lieutenant colonel · 1942–1946

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
    1965–1999 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. George Washington University Law School
    George Washington University Law School
    LL.B. · 1932
  2. Princeton University
    A.B. · 1928