Eric Nicholas Vitaliano
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by voice vote, Eric Nicholas Vitaliano is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1971. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1948 · age 78
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2006
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Fordham College 1968 · New York Law 1971
- Succeeded
- Arthur Donald Spatt
- Succeeded by
- Eric Ross Komitee
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Eastern District of New York succeeded Arthur Donald Spatt | G.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
| Fordham College | B.A. | 1968 |
| New York University School of Law | J.D. | 1971 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Vitaliano was assigned 4,873 district-court cases (1988–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 221 days across 4,439 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 118 of Vitaliano’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 98 were affirmed, 15 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Vitaliano authored 62 published opinions for the court (2006–2011). Most cited: Emmons v. City University of New York (68 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Emmons v. City University of New York | 715 F. Supp. 2d 394 | 68 |
| 2007 | Hyeon Soon Cho v. Koam Medical Services P.C. | 524 F. Supp. 2d 202 | 54 |
| 2009 | TRAVEL SENTRY, INC. v. Tropp | 669 F. Supp. 2d 279 | 51 |
| 2010 | Haimdas v. Haimdas | 720 F. Supp. 2d 183 | 34 |
| 2009 | Abreu v. City of New York | 657 F. Supp. 2d 357 | 31 |
| 2010 | Miller v. NATIONAL ASS'N OF SECURITIES DEALERS | 703 F. Supp. 2d 230 | 25 |
| 2007 | Tri-County Motors, Inc. v. American Suzuki Motor Corp. | 494 F. Supp. 2d 161 | 23 |
| 2008 | Brewton v. City of New York | 550 F. Supp. 2d 355 | 22 |
| 2010 | DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. v. Kontogiannis | 726 F. Supp. 2d 225 | 21 |
| 2009 | DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. v. Kontogiannis | 594 F. Supp. 2d 308 | 20 |
| 2007 | Velazquez v. Poole | 614 F. Supp. 2d 284 | 19 |
| 2008 | United States v. Rubin | 558 F. Supp. 2d 411 | 17 |
| 2007 | Kahn v. IBI Armored Services, Inc. | 474 F. Supp. 2d 448 | 15 |
| 2009 | Kanhoye v. Altana Inc. | 686 F. Supp. 2d 199 | 14 |
| 2010 | Trustees of the Local 531 Pension Fund v. American Industrial Gases, Inc. | 708 F. Supp. 2d 272 | 13 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 62 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 Eric Nicholas Vitaliano?
- President George W. Bush appointed Eric Nicholas Vitaliano to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 2006.
- Was Eric Nicholas Vitaliano appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Eric Nicholas Vitaliano was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Eric Nicholas Vitaliano's confirmation vote?
- Eric Nicholas Vitaliano was confirmed by voice vote on December 21, 2005. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Eric Nicholas Vitaliano on?
- Eric Nicholas Vitaliano is 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
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20 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).