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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Court of Appeals / Joined 1963 / Served to 1972

John F. Scileppi

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

John F. Scileppi was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1963. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1902–1987
Tenure: 1963–1972 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1963	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Fordham University

Judicial Record

In our data, Scileppi authored 131 published opinions for the court (1963–1972), plus 82 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: First National Stores, Inc. v. Yellowstone Shopping Center, Inc. (551 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. 207 of these were attributed to Scileppi 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
1968	First National Stores, Inc. v. Yellowstone Shopping Center, Inc.	21 N.Y.2d 630	551
1967	People v. Nixon· Dissent†	21 N.Y.2d 338	401
1971	People v. Berrios†	28 N.Y.2d 361	390
1969	Koump v. Smith†	25 N.Y.2d 287	319
1972	People v. Linzy†	31 N.Y.2d 99	262
1968	Missouri Realty Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority†	22 N.Y.2d 233	257
1969	A & J Buyers, Inc. v. Johnson, Drake & Piper, Inc.†	25 N.Y.2d 265	252
1971	City of Buffalo v. J. W. Clement Co.†	28 N.Y.2d 241	248
1968	People v. Arthur†	22 N.Y.2d 325	244
1967	Thrasher v. United States Liability Insurance†	19 N.Y.2d 159	244
1967	James v. Powell· Dissent†	19 N.Y.2d 249	226
1971	Lee v. County Ct. of Erie County	27 N.Y.2d 432	195
1967	B. R. DeWitt, Inc. v. Hall†	19 N.Y.2d 141	167
1971	Levine v. Shell Oil Co.†	28 N.Y.2d 205	158
1971	Laba v. Carey†	29 N.Y.2d 302	156

Showing the 15 most-cited of 218 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 F. Scileppi on?: John F. Scileppi was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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9 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).