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 1993 / Served to 2003

Howard Arnold Levine

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Howard Arnold Levine was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1993. He previously served on the New York Appellate Division. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1932 · age 94
Tenure: 1993–2003 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	New York Appellate Division	–	–
1993	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Yale University
Yale University

Judicial Record

In our data, Levine authored 1,216 published opinions for the court (1982–2002), plus 82 dissents and 34 concurrences. Most cited: Leon v. Martinez (4,267 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. 1,323 of these were attributed to Levine 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
1994	Leon v. Martinez†	638 N.E.2d 511	4,267
2000	People v. Casey†	740 N.E.2d 233	1,687
2001	People v. Stokes†	744 N.E.2d 1153	1,157
1998	Rizzuto v. L.A. Wenger Contracting Co.†	693 N.E.2d 1068	874
2001	People v. Robinson· Dissent†	767 N.E.2d 638	738
1999	Parker v. Blauvelt Volunteer Fire Co.†	712 N.E.2d 647	707
2001	Buechel v. Bain· Dissent†	766 N.E.2d 914	643
2002	Ifrah v. Utschig†	98 N.Y.2d 304	554
1995	Dalton v. Educational Testing Service· Dissent†	663 N.E.2d 289	463
1996	People v. Roman†	665 N.E.2d 1050	403
1996	Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.†	674 N.E.2d 1349	390
1995	People v. Spotford†	650 N.E.2d 1296	331
2000	Truelove v. Northeast Capital & Advisory, Inc.†	738 N.E.2d 770	328
2000	People v. Rayam†	729 N.E.2d 694	306
1998	Bethel v. New York City Transit Authority†	703 N.E.2d 1214	305

Showing the 15 most-cited of 1,332 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 Howard Arnold Levine on?: Howard Arnold Levine was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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10 years 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).