- Arthur Donald Spatt
Arthur Donald Spatt (b. 1925,
Brooklyn, NY ) is a federal judge for theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York . Judge Spatt received aLL.B. fromBrooklyn Law School in 1949. He was nominated to the court byGeorge H.W. Bush onOctober 25 ,1989 , to a seat vacated byHenry Bramwell , confirmed by the Senate onNovember 21 ,1989 , and received his commission onNovember 27 , 1989. He assumed senior status onDecember 1 ,2004 .Spatt penned the ruling in the Mahender and Varsha Sabhnani
slavery federal criminal trial. He awarded rare double damages toIndonesia n maids - Samirah, $ 620,744, and Enung, $ 315,802. Thejudgment 's award of double damages in federal criminal trials is notable, since the punitive sums are only, ordinarily granted in civil cases. . [ [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/07/12/Judge_awards_almost_1M_in_slavery_case/UPI-30471215909887/ upi.com, Judge awards almost $1M in slavery case] ] [ [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/nassau/ny-lislav125761353jul12,0,6275446.story newsday.com, Judge: Sabhnanis must pay nearly $1M in back wages] ]External links
* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2248 Profile at the Federal Judicial Center]
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