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 1959 / Served to 1973

Frederick T. Henry

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Frederick T. Henry was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1959. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1897–1981
Tenure: 1959–1973 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1959	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Henry authored 22 published opinions for the court (1962–1973), plus 3 dissents. Most cited: Commercial Pipe & Supply Corp. v. Allstate Insurance (24 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. 25 of these were attributed to Henry 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
1971	Commercial Pipe & Supply Corp. v. Allstate Insurance†	36 A.D.2d 412	24
1971	Guaspari v. Gorsky· Dissent†	36 A.D.2d 225	17
1962	Putnam Theatrical Corp. v. Gingold†	16 A.D.2d 413	13
1966	McAvoy v. Young Harron†	26 A.D.2d 452	12
1963	Jafco Realty Corp. v. State†	18 A.D.2d 74	12
1972	Shaw v. Williamsville Manor, Inc.†	38 A.D.2d 442	11
1962	Schultz v. Kobus†	15 A.D.2d 382	9
1971	Bernas v. Kepner†	36 A.D.2d 58	7
1962	In re the Probate & Construction of the Will of Howe†	15 A.D.2d 396	7
1971	Henderson v. Silco†	36 A.D.2d 439	5
1971	Rubin v. Rubin†	35 A.D.2d 460	5
1970	Samuelson v. Salamanca Urban Renewal Agency†	34 A.D.2d 369	4
1962	Mong v. Allstate Insurance†	15 A.D.2d 257	4
1973	People v. Kibbe†	41 A.D.2d 228	3
1971	Matlow Corp. v. State†	36 A.D.2d 461	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 25 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 Frederick T. Henry on?: Frederick T. Henry was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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14 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).