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 1982 / Served to 1990

Isaac Rubin

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Isaac Rubin was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1982. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1914–2000
Tenure: 1982–1990 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Rubin authored 25 published opinions for the court (1982–1988), plus 11 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Aldrich v. Pattison (111 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 Rubin 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
1985	Aldrich v. Pattison†	107 A.D.2d 258	111
1983	Rahmey v. Blum†	95 A.D.2d 294	92
1984	Wiseman v. American Motors Sales Corp.†	103 A.D.2d 230	52
1984	Goldstein v. Gold· Dissent†	106 A.D.2d 100	42
1982	Grossman v. Laurence Handprints-N.J., Inc.†	90 A.D.2d 95	35
1988	Cohen v. Seletsky†	142 A.D.2d 111	31
1987	SRW Associates v. Bellport Beach Property Owners†	129 A.D.2d 328	29
1986	Landmark Insurance v. Beau Rivage Restaurant, Inc.†	121 A.D.2d 98	27
1984	Key International Manufacturing, Inc. v. Stillman· Dissent†	103 A.D.2d 475	27
1985	Grivas v. Grivas†	113 A.D.2d 264	24
1986	Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers v. Board of Education of Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District†	119 A.D.2d 35	23
1985	Lopez v. Precision Papers, Inc.· Dissent†	107 A.D.2d 667	22
1983	Marra v. City of White Plains†	96 A.D.2d 17	22
1988	Unanue v. Unanue†	141 A.D.2d 31	19
1985	Elinor Homes Co. v. St. Lawrence†	113 A.D.2d 25	18

Showing the 15 most-cited of 37 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 Isaac Rubin on?: Isaac Rubin was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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8 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).