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 1870 / Served to 1897

Charles Andrews

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Charles Andrews was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1870. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1827–1918
Tenure: 1870–1897 · 27 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1870	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Andrews authored 1,388 published opinions for the court (1870–1928), plus 20 dissents and 6 concurrences. Most cited: Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. (2,498 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. 217 of these were attributed to Andrews 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
1928	Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.· Dissent	162 N.E. 99	2,498
1928	Meinhard v. Salmon· Dissent	164 N.E. 545	1,192
1889	Beaver v. . Beaver	22 N.E. 940	288
1875	Bathgate v. . Haskin	59 N.Y. 533	285
1897	Benoit v. . Troy Lansingburgh R.R. Co.	48 N.E. 524	281
1897	Trustees of Amherst College v. Ritch· Dissent	45 N.E. 876	234
1887	Diamond Match Co. v. . Roeber	13 N.E. 419	234
1889	Brackett v. . Griswold	20 N.E. 376	193
1927	International Products Co. v. Erie R.R. Co.	155 N.E. 662	177
1920	People Ex Rel. Alpha Portland Cement Co. v. Knapp· Concurrence	129 N.E. 202	177
1895	Hiles v. . Fisher	39 N.E. 337	175
1927	Exchange Bakery & Restaurant, Inc. v. Rifkin	157 N.E. 130	171
1895	Chas. S. Higgins Co. v. Higgins Soap Co.	39 N.E. 490	170
1878	Bertholf v. . O'Reilly	74 N.Y. 509	164
1921	Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. . Childs Co.	130 N.E. 295	163

Showing the 15 most-cited of 1,414 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 Charles Andrews on?: Charles Andrews was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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27 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).