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Robert David Sack

Robert David Sack

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1939 in Philadelphia, PA

FJC ID: 2774

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1998–200919982000201020202026190
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 704/year

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1998–2009199820002010202020267040
citing decisions

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1998–2009

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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Robert David Sack (born October 4, 1939) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, New York City
    1964–1998
  2. impeachment inquiry, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
    Associate special counsel and senior associate special counsel · 1974
  3. U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Appointments

  1. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
    1998–2009 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)

Education

  1. Columbia Law School
    LL.B. · 1963
  2. University of Rochester
    B.A. · 1960