Frank Alan "Pappy" Little Jr. (October 26, 1936 – March 31, 2024) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
F. A. Little Jr.
Louisiana Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Born 1936 in Minneapolis, MN
Died 2024
FJC ID: 1405
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 33/year
Louisiana Western District Court · 1984–2006
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, Alexandria, Louisiana1965–1984, 2015–2024
- Coushatta Tribal Court, Kinder, LouisianaChief judge · 2006–2014
- Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana1961–1965
Appointments
1984–2006 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1961- Tulane UniversityB.A. · 1958