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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Appellate Division / Joined 1970 / Served to 1979

Henry J. Latham

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Henry J. Latham was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1970. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1908–2002
Tenure: 1970–1979 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1970	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Latham authored 17 published opinions for the court (1970–1978), plus 5 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Friedman v. Medtronic, Inc. (40 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. 23 of these were attributed to Latham 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
1973	Friedman v. Medtronic, Inc.†	42 A.D.2d 185	40
1973	Caso v. District Council 37†	43 A.D.2d 159	27
1978	Lettiere v. Martin Elevator Co.†	62 A.D.2d 810	15
1978	Soldano v. Soldano· Dissent†	66 A.D.2d 839	14
1971	Hohenrath v. Wallach†	37 A.D.2d 248	14
1971	Acme Builders, Inc. v. County of Nassau†	36 A.D.2d 317	13
1975	Stahli v. McGlynn†	47 A.D.2d 238	11
1974	Roske v. Keyes†	46 A.D.2d 366	11
1972	Holden v. Alexander†	39 A.D.2d 476	11
1976	People v. Wynn· Dissent†	54 A.D.2d 366	10
1971	Grafer v. Marko Beer & Beverages, Inc.†	36 A.D.2d 295	10
1978	Garcia v. Federal Insurance†	61 A.D.2d 236	9
1974	Ginsberg v. Yeshiva of Far Rockaway†	45 A.D.2d 334	9
1978	Maureen E. O'H. v. Nicholas C.†	65 A.D.2d 491	7
1975	Silverman v. State Liquor Authority†	47 A.D.2d 226	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 23 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 Henry J. Latham on?: Henry J. Latham 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).