Arthur Donald Spatt (December 13, 1925 – June 12, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Arthur Donald Spatt
New York Eastern District Court
Born 1925 in Brooklyn, NY
Died 2020 in Commack, NY
FJC ID: 2248
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 46/year
New York Eastern District Court · 1989–2020
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
- Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial DepartmentAssociate justice · 1986–1989
- Nassau County, New YorkAdministrative judge · 1982–1986
- Supreme Court of the State of New York, Tenth Judicial DistrictJustice · 1978–1982
- Private practice, New York City1949–1978
U.S. Navy navigation petty officer1944–1946
Appointments
1989–2020 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1949