How do judges of the New York Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Court of Appeals / Joined 1954 / Served to 1973

Adrian P. Burke

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Adrian P. Burke was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1954. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1904–2000
Tenure: 1954–1973 · 19 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1954	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

College of the Holy Cross
Fordham University

Judicial Record

In our data, Burke authored 235 published opinions for the court (1955–1973), plus 122 dissents and 20 concurrences. Most cited: Danann Realty Corp. v. Harris (468 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 368 of these were attributed to Burke by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1959	Danann Realty Corp. v. Harris†	5 N.Y.2d 317	468
1958	Channel Master Corp. v. Aluminium Limited Sales, Inc.· Dissent†	4 N.Y.2d 403	415
1972	North Shore Steak House, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Thomaston†	30 N.Y.2d 238	393
1969	People v. Schwartzman· Dissent†	24 N.Y.2d 241	378
1972	People v. Hinton†	31 N.Y.2d 71	315
1956	Muzak Corp. v. Hotel Taft Corp.†	1 N.Y.2d 42	315
1969	Mangini v. McClurg· Concurrence†	24 N.Y.2d 556	304
1956	Weil v. Atlantic Beach Holding Corp.†	1 N.Y.2d 20	254
1959	People v. Lo Verde· Dissent†	7 N.Y.2d 114	252
1967	McKee Electric Co. v. Rauland-Borg Corp.· Dissent†	20 N.Y.2d 377	245
1969	Williams v. Williams· Concurrence†	23 N.Y.2d 592	229
1965	People v. Levy· Dissent†	15 N.Y.2d 159	219
1961	Battalla v. State†	10 N.Y.2d 237	208
1967	In re Huie†	20 N.Y.2d 568	206
1957	In re the Accounting of United States Trust Co.†	2 N.Y.2d 236	203

Showing the 15 most-cited of 377 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the New York Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Adrian P. Burke on?: Adrian P. Burke was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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19 years on the New York Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).