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 1965 / Served to 1978

John S. Marsh

Justice, New York Appellate Division

John S. Marsh was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1965. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1908–1993
Tenure: 1965–1978 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1965	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Marsh authored 66 published opinions for the court (1966–1978), plus 12 dissents. Most cited: Biss v. Tenneco, Inc. (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. 76 of these were attributed to Marsh 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
1978	Biss v. Tenneco, Inc.	64 A.D.2d 204	58
1978	Savin Brothers, Inc. v. State†	62 A.D.2d 511	58
1975	Genesee Hospital v. Wagner†	47 A.D.2d 37	51
1978	People v. Liccione· Dissent†	63 A.D.2d 305	40
1976	People v. Gross†	51 A.D.2d 191	34
1976	People v. Kampshoff†	53 A.D.2d 325	33
1975	People v. Rallo†	46 A.D.2d 518	33
1969	Zicari v. Joseph Harris Co.†	33 A.D.2d 17	33
1971	Amico v. Erie County Legislature†	36 A.D.2d 415	30
1971	Bommarito v. State†	35 A.D.2d 458	29
1975	Shook v. Lavine†	49 A.D.2d 238	28
1972	Fitzgerald v. Lyons†	39 A.D.2d 473	25
1970	All-Year Golf, Inc. v. Products Investors Corp.†	34 A.D.2d 246	18
1971	New York State Division of Human Rights v. New York-Pennsylvania Professional Baseball League†	36 A.D.2d 364	17
1976	Doran v. Town of Cheektowaga†	54 A.D.2d 178	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 78 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 S. Marsh on?: John S. Marsh was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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13 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).