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 1961 / Served to 1968

Donald S. Taylor

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Donald S. Taylor was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1961. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1898–1970
Tenure: 1961–1968 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1961	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Taylor authored 103 published opinions for the court (1961–1966), plus 4 dissents. Most cited: Conklin Limestone Co. v. Linden (15 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. 107 of these were attributed to Taylor 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
1964	Conklin Limestone Co. v. Linden†	22 A.D.2d 63	15
1965	Claim of Watson v. American Can Co.†	23 A.D.2d 423	11
1961	Mills Studio, Inc. v. Chenango Valley Realty Corp.†	15 A.D.2d 138	11
1966	Wickham v. Trapani†	26 A.D.2d 216	10
1964	Ryan v. Gordon L. Hayes, Inc.†	22 A.D.2d 985	10
1965	Claim of Balsam v. New York State Division of Employment†	24 A.D.2d 802	9
1966	Claim of Hill v. McFarland-Johnson†	25 A.D.2d 899	8
1965	Fleischer v. Fleischer†	24 A.D.2d 667	8
1962	In re the Estate of Gould· Dissent†	17 A.D.2d 401	8
1962	Garlen v. City of Glens Falls†	17 A.D.2d 277	8
1961	W. K. Ewing Co. v. New York State Teachers' Retirement System· Dissent†	14 A.D.2d 113	7
1961	Holubetz v. National Fire Insurance†	13 A.D.2d 228	7
1965	J. Marcus & Sons, Inc. v. Federal Insurance†	24 A.D.2d 922	6
1964	Hartnett v. Segur†	21 A.D.2d 132	6
1965	People v. Bolster†	24 A.D.2d 774	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 107 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 Donald S. Taylor on?: Donald S. Taylor was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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7 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).