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 1971 / Served to 1997

Francis T. Murphy

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Francis T. Murphy was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1971. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1927 · age 99
Tenure: 1971–1997 · 26 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1971	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Murphy authored 152 published opinions for the court (1971–1997), plus 196 dissents and 19 concurrences. Most cited: National Westminster Bank USA v. Weksel (106 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. 359 of these were attributed to Murphy 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
1987	National Westminster Bank USA v. Weksel†	124 A.D.2d 144	106
1987	In re Beiny†	132 A.D.2d 190	79
1978	Le Mistral, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System· Dissent†	61 A.D.2d 491	69
1986	Power Authority v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.†	117 A.D.2d 336	68
1980	Knieriemen v. Bache Halsey Stuart Shields Inc.· Concurrence†	74 A.D.2d 290	53
1984	John William Costello Associates, Inc. v. Standard Metals Corp.†	99 A.D.2d 227	52
1971	Silverman v. Alcoa Plaza Associates†	37 A.D.2d 166	51
1985	Trump-Equitable Fifth Avenue Co. v. H.R.H. Construction Corp.†	106 A.D.2d 242	48
1991	People v. Streitferdt· Concurrence†	169 A.D.2d 171	45
1975	People v. Tirado· Dissent†	47 A.D.2d 193	41
1985	Bretton v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance	110 A.D.2d 46	40
1982	Imero Fiorentino Associates, Inc. v. Green†	85 A.D.2d 419	39
1976	In re the Arbitration between Adams & Government Employees Insurance†	52 A.D.2d 118	39
1976	Bernal v. Pinkerton's, Inc.	52 A.D.2d 760	37
1987	Gill v. New York City Housing Authority†	130 A.D.2d 256	36

Showing the 15 most-cited of 367 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 Francis T. Murphy on?: Francis T. Murphy was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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26 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).