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New York Appellate Division / Joined 1974 / Served to 1979

John L. Larkin

Justice, New York Appellate Division

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

Lived: 1923–1979
Tenure: 1974–1979 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Larkin authored 83 published opinions for the court (1975–1978), plus 17 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: Sanders v. Rickard (28 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. 102 of these were attributed to Larkin 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
1976	Sanders v. Rickard†	51 A.D.2d 260	28
1975	Sirles v. Cordary†	49 A.D.2d 330	28
1978	People ex rel. Newcomb v. Metz†	64 A.D.2d 219	26
1976	Hoffman v. Capitol Cablevision System, Inc.†	52 A.D.2d 313	26
1978	Whitmyer Bros., Inc. v. State†	63 A.D.2d 103	25
1978	Deats v. Carpenter†	61 A.D.2d 320	24
1977	State Division of Human Rights v. Averill Park Central School District†	59 A.D.2d 449	21
1977	City of Albany v. Public Employment Relations Board· Dissent†	57 A.D.2d 374	20
1976	People v. Huggler†	50 A.D.2d 471	20
1976	Broadacres Skilled Nursing Facility v. Ingraham†	51 A.D.2d 243	18
1977	Board of Education of the City School District of Oneida v. Nyquist†	59 A.D.2d 76	17
1975	Bailey v. Baker's Air Force Gas Corp.†	50 A.D.2d 129	17
1977	Harrison Central School District v. Nyquist†	59 A.D.2d 434	16
1976	Davis v. State†	54 A.D.2d 126	16
1977	People v. Primmer†	59 A.D.2d 221	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 102 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 L. Larkin on?: John L. Larkin was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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5 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).