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 1950 / Served to 1962

Charles W. Froessel

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Charles W. Froessel was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1950. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1892–1982
Tenure: 1950–1962 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1950	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

New York Law School
New York Law School

Judicial Record

In our data, Froessel authored 183 published opinions for the court (1950–1962), plus 82 dissents and 17 concurrences. Most cited: Borgia v. City of New York (331 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. 273 of these were attributed to Froessel 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
1962	Borgia v. City of New York· Dissent†	12 N.Y.2d 151	331
1959	People v. Lo Verde†	7 N.Y.2d 114	252
1954	Perlman v. M. Israel & Sons Co.†	306 N.Y. 254	246
1958	Schuster v. City of New York· Dissent†	5 N.Y.2d 75	218
1961	Kilberg v. Northeast Airlines, Inc.· Concurrence†	9 N.Y.2d 34	196
1956	People v. Oliver· Dissent†	1 N.Y.2d 152	172
1957	A. S. Rampell, Inc. v. Hyster Co.†	3 N.Y.2d 369	166
1962	Randy Knitwear, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co.· Concurrence†	11 N.Y.2d 5	162
1958	Ferrara v. Galluchio· Dissent†	5 N.Y.2d 16	145
1956	Diocese of Rochester v. Planning Board†	1 N.Y.2d 508	134
1952	Wagman v. American Fidelity & Casualty Co.· Dissent†	304 N.Y. 490	128
1954	MATTER OF UNITED PRESS ASSNS. v. Valente· Dissent†	308 N.Y. 71	120
1951	Goodwins, Inc. v. Hagedorn· Concurrence†	303 N.Y. 300	112
1959	Gair v. Peck· Dissent†	6 N.Y.2d 97	108
1954	In re the Arbitration between Riverdale Fabrics Corp. & Tillinghast-Stiles Co.· Dissent†	306 N.Y. 288	102

Showing the 15 most-cited of 282 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 W. Froessel on?: Charles W. Froessel was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

Sources

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12 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).