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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Appellate Division / Joined 1966 / Served to 1975

Fred A. Munder

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Fred A. Munder was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1966. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1903–1982
Tenure: 1966–1975 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1966	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Munder authored 17 published opinions for the court (1967–1975), plus 19 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: Mobil Oil Corp. v. Rubenfeld (42 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. 36 of these were attributed to Munder 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
1975	Mobil Oil Corp. v. Rubenfeld· Dissent†	48 A.D.2d 428	42
1975	Torsoe Bros. Construction Corp. v. Board of Trustees†	49 A.D.2d 461	36
1973	Board of Education v. New York State Division of Human Rights· Dissent†	42 A.D.2d 49	33
1972	Lefrak Forest Hills Corp. v. Galvin· Dissent†	40 A.D.2d 211	30
1974	McGroarty v. Great American Insurance· Dissent†	43 A.D.2d 368	20
1972	In Re the Estate of Abramowitz	38 A.D.2d 387	20
1970	In re the Arbitration between Teachers Ass'n, Central High School District No. 3 & Board of Education, Central High School District No. 3· Dissent†	34 A.D.2d 351	20
1972	Ruocco v. Doyle· Dissent†	38 A.D.2d 132	19
1970	State Division of Human Rights v. Luppino	35 A.D.2d 107	18
1974	Klein v. Murtagh†	44 A.D.2d 465	16
1972	In re Leitner· Concurrence†	40 A.D.2d 38	16
1970	In re the Estate of Cairo†	35 A.D.2d 76	16
1974	People v. Butler†	44 A.D.2d 423	14
1973	Pesner v. County Court of Rockland· Dissent†	42 A.D.2d 275	9
1973	Jacobson v. New York Racing Ass'n· Dissent†	41 A.D.2d 87	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 38 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 Fred A. Munder on?: Fred A. Munder was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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9 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).