William Kernahan Thomas (February 15, 1911 – March 20, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
William Kernahan Thomas
Born 1911 in Columbus, OH
Died 2001 in Cleveland, OH
FJC ID: 2368
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Ohio Northern District Court · 1966–2001
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
- Cuyahoga County [Ohio] Court of Common PleasJudge · 1953–1966
- Geauga County [Ohio] Court of Common PleasJudge · 1950–1953
- Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio1935–1944, 1946–1950
- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant1944–1946
Appointments
1966–2001 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Ohio State University College of Law (now Michael E. Moritz College of Law)J.D. · 1935
- Ohio State UniversityB.A. · 1932