Walter H. Rice
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Judge · Federal · Ohio
Data last updated: 10/7/2026. Status: senior.
Cases in this dataset
161 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.
Case volume by filing year
- 1996
1 - 1998
1 - 1999
1 - 2000
2 - 2004
2 - 2006
1 - 2007
2 - 2013
1 - 2014
2 - 2016
1 - 2017
1 - 2018
1 - 2019
1 - 2020
3 - 2021
12 - 2022
25 - 2023
46 - 2024
24 - 2025
34
Recent cases
- Azzou v. The Woods Construction Company
- United States v. Rodgers
- United States v. Dowtin
- Hibbitt v. Commissioner of Social Security
- Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. v. West Alex Village LLC
- Kramer v. Rust-Oleum Corporation
- United States v. Dorsey
- Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe
- Kordalis v. Connecticut Pie, LLC
- United States v. Alvarenga
Career history
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio · 1980-05-23 to End not recorded · Jimmy Carter
- Columbia Law School J.D. 1962
- Columbia University M.B.A. 1962
- Northwestern University B.A. 1958
Sources and corrections
- fjc-bio · 2026-10-07
- courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07
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