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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Court of Appeals / Joined 1932 / Served to 1934

Cuthbert W. Pound

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Cuthbert W. Pound was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1932. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1864–1935
Tenure: 1932–1934 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1932	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Pound authored 457 published opinions for the court (1915–1934), plus 35 dissents and 18 concurrences. Most cited: Drobner v. . Peters (325 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1921	Drobner v. . Peters	133 N.E. 567	325
1918	Seaver v. . Ransom	120 N.E. 639	213
1921	People Ex Rel. Durham Realty Corp. v. La Fetra	130 N.E. 601	204
1929	Adler v. Deegan· Concurrence	167 N.E. 705	182
1920	People Ex Rel. Alpha Portland Cement Co. v. Knapp· Dissent	129 N.E. 202	177
1927	William C. Atwater & Co. v. Panama Railroad	159 N.E. 418	176
1928	Yonkers Fur Dressing Co. v. Royal Insurance	160 N.E. 778	165
1930	People v. Zackowitz· Dissent	172 N.E. 466	156
1916	Matter of Heitz v. . Ruppert	112 N.E. 750	150
1931	Matter of Doyle· Dissent	177 N.E. 489	145
1918	People Ex Rel. Price v. Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Co.· Concurrence	121 N.E. 474	136
1916	Matter of Carroll v. . Knickerbocker Ice Co.· Dissent	113 N.E. 507	132
1932	Schindler v. Royal Insurance Co.	179 N.E. 711	129
1926	Matter of McCabe v. Voorhis	153 N.E. 849	120
1921	People v. . Dixon	131 N.E. 752	119

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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 Cuthbert W. Pound on?: Cuthbert W. Pound was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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2 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).