Frank Wiley Wilson (June 21, 1917 – September 29, 1982) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Frank Wiley Wilson
Tennessee Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Born 1917 in Knoxville, TN
Died 1982
FJC ID: 2606
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 15/year
Tennessee Eastern District Court · 1961–1982
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, Knoxville, Tennessee1941–1942, 1946–1961
Air ForceU.S. Army sergeant · 1942–1946
Appointments
1961–1982 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1941- University of TennesseeA.B. · 1939