How do judges of the New York Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Court of Appeals / Joined 1974 / Served to 1975

Harold Arnoldus Stevens

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Harold Arnoldus Stevens was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1974. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1907–1990
Tenure: 1974–1975 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Benedict College
Boston College

Judicial Record

In our data, Stevens authored 17 published opinions for the court (1974), plus 5 dissents. Most cited: S. J. Capelin Associates, Inc. v. Globe Manufacturing Corp. (398 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. 21 of these were attributed to Stevens 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	S. J. Capelin Associates, Inc. v. Globe Manufacturing Corp.†	34 N.Y.2d 338	398
1974	People v. Sabella· Dissent†	35 N.Y.2d 158	68
1974	Pell v. Board of Education†	34 N.Y.2d 222	67
1974	State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Westlake†	35 N.Y.2d 587	64
1974	People v. Esajerre†	35 N.Y.2d 463	62
1974	Rosman v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.· Dissent†	34 N.Y.2d 385	61
1974	State Division of Human Rights v. Kilian Manufacturing Corp.†	35 N.Y.2d 201	58
1974	People v. Payne· Dissent†	35 N.Y.2d 22	56
1974	Atkin's Waste Materials, Inc. v. May†	34 N.Y.2d 422	44
1974	Rosado v. Eveready Insurance†	34 N.Y.2d 43	37
1974	Dauernheim, Inc. v. Town Board of Hempstead†	33 N.Y.2d 468	35
1974	Seidenberg v. ROCKLAND COUNTY CT.	34 N.Y.2d 499	22
1974	Wurlitzer Co. v. State Tax Commission†	35 N.Y.2d 100	18
1974	People v. Miller†	35 N.Y.2d 65	17
1974	Lewis v. American Federation of Television & Radio Artists†	34 N.Y.2d 265	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Harold Arnoldus Stevens on?: Harold Arnoldus Stevens was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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1 year on the New York Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).