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 1974 / Served to 1983

John P. Cohalan Jr.

Justice, New York Appellate Division

John P. Cohalan Jr. was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1974. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1907–1988
Tenure: 1974–1983 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Cohalan authored 23 published opinions for the court (1974–1982), plus 34 dissents and 18 concurrences. Most cited: Tuxedo Conservation & Taxpayers Ass'n v. Town Board (58 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. 75 of these were attributed to Cohalan 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
1979	Tuxedo Conservation & Taxpayers Ass'n v. Town Board†	69 A.D.2d 320	58
1976	Murriello v. Crapotta†	51 A.D.2d 381	25
1977	Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. Mosczydlowski†	58 A.D.2d 234	23
1979	People v. Ramos· Concurrence†	68 A.D.2d 748	22
1981	Slewett & Farber v. Board of Assessors of County of Nassau· Concurrence†	80 A.D.2d 186	20
1977	Park v. Chessin· Concurrence†	60 A.D.2d 80	19
1979	Ammon v. Suffolk County· Dissent†	67 A.D.2d 959	18
1974	Rivera v. Berkeley Super Wash, Inc.· Dissent†	44 A.D.2d 316	18
1978	T.I.P. Holding No. 2 Corp. v. Wicks· Dissent†	63 A.D.2d 263	15
1977	Dziurak v. Chase Manhattan Bank†	58 A.D.2d 103	14
1981	People ex rel. Pena v. New York State Division of Parole· Dissent†	83 A.D.2d 887	13
1977	In re Franz†	55 A.D.2d 424	13
1981	Town of Poughkeepsie v. Flacke†	84 A.D.2d 1	11
1981	People v. Bernardo· Dissent†	83 A.D.2d 1	11
1980	People v. Branch· Concurrence†	73 A.D.2d 230	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 75 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 John P. Cohalan Jr. on?: John P. Cohalan Jr. was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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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).