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 1945 / Served to 1957

David W. Peck

Justice, New York Appellate Division

David W. Peck was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1945. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1902–1990
Tenure: 1945–1957 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1945	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Peck authored 96 published opinions for the court (1945–1957), plus 63 dissents and 12 concurrences. Most cited: Marie Dorros, Inc. v. Dorros Bros. (77 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. 169 of these were attributed to Peck 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
1948	Marie Dorros, Inc. v. Dorros Bros.†	274 A.D. 11	77
1946	Murrain v. Wilson Line, Inc.†	270 A.D. 372	56
1952	Rex Roofing Co. v. Lumber Mutual Casualty Insurance†	280 A.D. 665	46
1954	People v. Clemente†	285 A.D. 258	44
1951	Howard v. Handler Bros. & Winell, Inc.†	279 A.D. 72	43
1948	In re New York County Lawyers Ass'n†	273 A.D. 524	38
1954	Brandt v. Winchell· Dissent†	283 A.D. 338	37
1957	Dallesandro v. Henry Holt & Co.· Dissent†	4 A.D.2d 470	30
1953	Oma v. Hillman Periodicals, Inc.· Dissent†	281 A.D. 240	27
1953	Bottalico v. City of New York†	281 A.D. 339	24
1948	In re Marcus†	273 A.D. 725	22
1955	Cherkes v. Postal Life Insurance†	285 A.D. 514	21
1954	People v. De Feo· Dissent†	284 A.D. 622	20
1952	Rappaport v. Phil Gottlieb-Sattler, Inc.†	280 A.D. 424	18
1952	Gotthelf v. Hillcrest Lumber Co.†	280 A.D. 668	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 171 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 David W. Peck on?: David W. Peck was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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12 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).