Inzer Bass Wyatt | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Term Start: | March 29, 1977 |
Term End: | January 17, 1990 |
Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Term Start1: | September 28, 1962 |
Term End1: | March 29, 1977 |
Appointer1: | John F. Kennedy |
Predecessor1: | Seat established by 75 Stat. 80 |
Successor1: | Robert W. Sweet |
Birth Name: | Inzer Bass Wyatt |
Birth Date: | 29 March 1907 |
Birth Place: | Huntsville, Alabama |
Death Place: | New York City, New York |
Education: | University of Alabama (A.B.) Harvard Law School (LL.B.) |
Inzer Bass Wyatt (March 29, 1907 – January 17, 1990) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Wyatt received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Alabama in 1927 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1930. He was in private practice in New York City, New York from 1930 to 1941. He served as a colonel in the United States Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945. He returned to private practice in New York City from 1946 to 1962.
On July 5, 1962, Wyatt was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 20, 1962, and received his commission on September 28, 1962. He assumed senior status on March 29, 1977, serving in that capacity until his death on January 17, 1990, in New York City.