How do judges of the New York Appellate Division reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Appellate Division / Joined 1961 / Served to 1974

Aron Steuer

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Aron Steuer was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1961. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1898–1985
Tenure: 1961–1974 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1961	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Steuer authored 160 published opinions for the court (1961–1974), plus 123 dissents and 14 concurrences. Most cited: Seaman-Andwall Corp. v. Wright Machine Corp. (137 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. 297 of these were attributed to Steuer 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
1968	Seaman-Andwall Corp. v. Wright Machine Corp.†	31 A.D.2d 136	137
1974	Kallenberg v. Beth Israel Hospital· Dissent†	45 A.D.2d 177	75
1970	East Asiatic Co. v. Corash†	34 A.D.2d 432	73
1963	Rosenstiel v. Rosenstiel· Concurrence†	20 A.D.2d 71	60
1968	In re Aaron D.· Dissent†	30 A.D.2d 183	39
1968	Grace v. Sterling, Grace & Co.· Dissent†	30 A.D.2d 61	36
1964	Durst v. Abrash· Dissent†	22 A.D.2d 39	36
1966	Hunt Foods & Industries, Inc. v. Doliner†	26 A.D.2d 41	34
1962	Alfieri v. Cabot Corp.· Dissent†	17 A.D.2d 455	31
1962	Kayfield Construction Corp. v. Morris· Dissent†	15 A.D.2d 373	31
1966	Chappelle v. Gross· Dissent†	26 A.D.2d 340	30
1969	Rand v. Hearst Corp.· Dissent†	31 A.D.2d 406	28
1969	People v. Santos†	31 A.D.2d 508	27
1961	In re City of New York†	15 A.D.2d 153	26
1972	Napoli v. Supreme Court†	40 A.D.2d 159	24

Showing the 15 most-cited of 297 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 Appellate Division reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Aron Steuer on?: Aron Steuer was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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