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New York Appellate Division / Joined 1969 / Served to 1977

Emilio Nunez

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Emilio Nunez was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1969. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1904–1995
Tenure: 1969–1977 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1969	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Nunez authored 33 published opinions for the court (1969–1977), plus 44 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Junco (89 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. 81 of these were attributed to Nunez 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
1974	People v. Junco· Dissent†	43 A.D.2d 266	89
1976	ABKCO Industries, Inc. v. Lennon†	52 A.D.2d 435	83
1976	Process Plants Corp. v. Beneficial National Life Insurance· Dissent†	53 A.D.2d 214	68
1977	In re the Estate of Rothko· Dissent†	56 A.D.2d 499	56
1974	In re the Arbitration between Riccardi & Modern Silver Linen Supply Co.· Dissent†	45 A.D.2d 191	40
1977	People v. McLaurin· Dissent†	56 A.D.2d 80	36
1971	Legros v. Irving· Dissent†	38 A.D.2d 53	31
1969	Pagan v. New York Herald Tribune, Inc.· Dissent†	32 A.D.2d 341	31
1975	Leffler v. Leffler· Dissent†	50 A.D.2d 93	30
1969	People v. Santos· Dissent†	31 A.D.2d 508	27
1974	Rotante v. Lawrence Hospital· Concurrence†	46 A.D.2d 199	24
1972	Gilbert Properties, Inc. v. Millstein· Dissent†	40 A.D.2d 100	22
1976	Bal v. Murphy· Dissent†	55 A.D.2d 26	17
1976	Shanahan v. Orenstein· Dissent†	52 A.D.2d 164	16
1975	Rapoport v. 55 Perry Co.· Dissent†	50 A.D.2d 54	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 81 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 Emilio Nunez on?: Emilio Nunez was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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8 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).