Arthur Donald Spatt
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 and confirmed by voice vote, Arthur Donald Spatt was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1925–2020
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1989
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brooklyn Law School 1949
- Succeeded
- Henry Bramwell
- Succeeded by
- Eric Nicholas Vitaliano
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Eastern District of New York succeeded Henry Bramwell | G.H.W. Bush (R) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Brooklyn Law School | LL.B. | 1949 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Spatt was assigned 9,713 district-court cases (1981–2020). Median time from filing to termination: 324 days across 9,713 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 156 of Spatt’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 130 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 10 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Spatt authored 1,009 published opinions for the court (1990–2012). Most cited: Jarvis v. North American Globex Fund, L.P. (239 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Jarvis v. North American Globex Fund, L.P. | 823 F. Supp. 2d 161 | 239 |
| 1999 | Morris v. Northrop Grumman Corp. | 37 F. Supp. 2d 556 | 204 |
| 2002 | Davis v. Lynbrook Police Department | 224 F. Supp. 2d 463 | 132 |
| 1999 | Quinn v. Nassau County Police Department | 53 F. Supp. 2d 347 | 132 |
| 1991 | Hernandez v. Graebel Van Lines | 761 F. Supp. 983 | 98 |
| 1997 | In Re Health Management, Inc. Securities Litigation | 970 F. Supp. 192 | 91 |
| 2006 | Neil Bros. Ltd. v. World Wide Lines, Inc. | 425 F. Supp. 2d 325 | 87 |
| 1990 | Circle Industries, Division of Nastasi-White, Inc. v. City Federal Savings Bank | 749 F. Supp. 447 | 70 |
| 2000 | Dubrowsky v. Estate of Perlbinder (In Re Dubrowsky) | 244 B.R. 560 | 68 |
| 1999 | Rene v. CITIBANK NA | 32 F. Supp. 2d 539 | 63 |
| 2011 | Deutsch Ex Rel. Estate of Deutsch v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. | 768 F. Supp. 2d 420 | 52 |
| 2010 | Enzymotec Ltd. v. NBTY, INC. | 754 F. Supp. 2d 527 | 50 |
| 1994 | Fariello v. Campbell | 860 F. Supp. 54 | 50 |
| 1994 | Teng v. Metropolitan Retail Recovery Inc. | 851 F. Supp. 61 | 50 |
| 1996 | Luciano v. Olsten Corp. | 912 F. Supp. 663 | 49 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 1,009 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Arthur Donald Spatt?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Arthur Donald Spatt to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1989.
- Was Arthur Donald Spatt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Arthur Donald Spatt was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Arthur Donald Spatt's confirmation vote?
- Arthur Donald Spatt was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Arthur Donald Spatt on?
- Arthur Donald Spatt was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).