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John Ries Bartels

John Ries Bartels

New York Eastern District Court

Born 1897 in Baltimore, MD

Died 1997 in Brooklyn, NY

FJC ID: 110

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year

New York Eastern District Court · 1959–19971959198020002020202460
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 77/year

New York Eastern District Court · 1959–199719591980200020202024770
citing decisions

New York Eastern District Court · 1959–1997

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.

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John Ries Bartels (November 8, 1897 – February 13, 1997) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, New York City
    1925–1959
  2. New York State Law Review Commission
    Member · 1945–1950, 1952–1957
  3. Supreme Court of Kings County [New York]
    Justice · 1950–1951
  4. U.S. Army
    1918

Appointments

  1. New York Eastern District Court
    1959–1997 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    LL.B. · 1923
  2. Johns Hopkins University
    A.B. · 1920