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 1986 / Served to 1989

Arthur D. Spatt

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Arthur D. Spatt was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1986. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1986–1989 · 3 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1986	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Spatt authored 21 published opinions for the court (1986–1989), plus 5 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Technicon Electronics Corp. v. American Home Assurance Co. (92 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. 29 of these were attributed to Spatt 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
1988	Technicon Electronics Corp. v. American Home Assurance Co.†	141 A.D.2d 124	92
1989	Daliendo v. Johnson†	147 A.D.2d 312	73
1987	Wilson v. Bodian†	130 A.D.2d 221	61
1989	Lyke v. Anderson†	147 A.D.2d 18	39
1987	Dozier v. New York City†	130 A.D.2d 128	39
1988	Cruz v. New York City Transit Authority· Dissent†	136 A.D.2d 196	36
1989	DiBlasi v. Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance†	147 A.D.2d 93	32
1988	People v. Hills†	140 A.D.2d 71	29
1989	Willner v. Willner†	145 A.D.2d 236	26
1988	Kuriansky v. Bed-Stuy Health Care Corp.†	135 A.D.2d 160	26
1988	People v. McGrath†	135 A.D.2d 60	26
1988	People v. Ayala†	142 A.D.2d 147	24
1987	Braun v. Ahmed· Concurrence†	127 A.D.2d 418	24
1987	In re Stein†	131 A.D.2d 68	22
1987	Waldman v. Cohen†	125 A.D.2d 116	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 29 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 Arthur D. Spatt on?: Arthur D. Spatt was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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3 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).