Pat Mehaffy (October 8, 1904 – January 31, 1981) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Pat Mehaffy
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Born 1904 in Little Rock, AR
Died 1981 in Little Rock, AR
FJC ID: 1612
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 209/year
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1963–1981
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1973–1974
- Private practice, Little Rock, Arkansas1929–1930, 1940–1963
- Pulaski County, ArkansasProsecutor · 1939–1940
- Pulaski County, ArkansasChief deputy prosecutor · 1934–1938
State of ArkansasAssistant attorney general · 1929–1933
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitChief Judge1963–1981 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1927