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 1913 / Served to 1923

John W. Hogan

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

John W. Hogan was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1913. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1853–1926
Tenure: 1913–1923 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1913	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hogan authored 159 published opinions for the court (1913–1923), plus 14 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Martin v. Herzog (301 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. 5 of these were attributed to Hogan 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
1920	Martin v. Herzog· Dissent	126 N.E. 814	301
1916	People v. . Shilitano· Dissent	112 N.E. 733	175
1923	General Investment Co. v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.	139 N.E. 216	122
1913	People v. . Rosenheimer· Dissent	102 N.E. 530	115
1914	Carpenter v. . Buffalo General Electric Co.	106 N.E. 1026	75
1921	Tirrell v. . Tirrell	133 N.E. 569	66
1919	In Re the Accounting of Hamlin	124 N.E. 4	66
1915	Sackheim v. . Pigueron	109 N.E. 109	64
1923	Rezzemini v. . Brooks	140 N.E. 237	63
1923	Gould v. . Gould	138 N.E. 490	62
1914	Meacham v. Jamestown, Franklin & Clearfield Railroad	105 N.E. 653	62
1915	Lafayette Trust Co. v. . Beggs	107 N.E. 644	59
1913	Wilson v. . Ford	102 N.E. 614	57
1915	Matter of Howell	109 N.E. 572	56
1917	Finley v. . Atlantic Transport Co.	115 N.E. 715	53

Showing the 15 most-cited of 174 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 John W. Hogan on?: John W. Hogan 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).