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 1955 / Served to 1968

Benjamin J. Rabin

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Benjamin J. Rabin was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1955. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1896–1969
Tenure: 1955–1968 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1955	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Rabin authored 47 published opinions for the court (1955–1961), plus 32 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: Kazaras v. Manufacturers Trust Co. (259 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. 82 of these were attributed to Rabin 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
1957	Kazaras v. Manufacturers Trust Co.· Concurrence†	4 A.D.2d 227	259
1955	In re the Arbitration between Spectrum Fabrics Corp. & Main Street Fashions, Inc.†	285 A.D. 710	57
1957	Kristt v. Whelan· Dissent†	4 A.D.2d 195	45
1955	Soviero Bros. Contracting Corp. v. City of New York· Dissent†	286 A.D. 435	36
1958	Varga v. Credit-Suisse†	5 A.D.2d 289	26
1959	Bakhshandeh v. American Cyanamid Co.†	8 A.D.2d 35	21
1955	Gardner v. 1111 Corp.†	286 A.D. 110	19
1957	Bright Radio Laboratories, Inc. v. Coastal Commercial Corp.†	4 A.D.2d 491	17
1957	Tidy-House Paper Corp. v. Adlman†	4 A.D.2d 619	15
1959	Zurich General Accident & Liability Insurance v. Harbil Restaurant, Inc.†	7 A.D.2d 433	13
1961	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Thacher· Dissent†	15 A.D.2d 242	10
1960	Udell v. City Title Insurance†	12 A.D.2d 78	9
1959	Verduce v. Board of Higher Education· Dissent†	9 A.D.2d 214	9
1957	In re the Estate of Liberman†	4 A.D.2d 512	9
1960	Bush Terminal Buildings Co. v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.· Dissent†	11 A.D.2d 220	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 83 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 Benjamin J. Rabin on?: Benjamin J. Rabin 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).