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 1953 / Served to 1967

John Van Voorhis

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

John Van Voorhis was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1953. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1897–1983
Tenure: 1953–1967 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1953	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Yale University
Yale University

Judicial Record

In our data, Voorhis authored 173 published opinions for the court (1953–1967), plus 130 dissents and 26 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Huntley (908 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. 310 of these were attributed to Voorhis 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
1965	People v. Huntley· Dissent†	15 N.Y.2d 72	908
1965	Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co. v. Barnes & Reinecke, Inc.· Concurrence†	15 N.Y.2d 443	557
1961	Walker v. Sheldon· Dissent†	10 N.Y.2d 401	517
1961	Healy v. Rennert†	9 N.Y.2d 202	302
1958	Schuster v. City of New York†	5 N.Y.2d 75	218
1961	Battalla v. State· Dissent†	10 N.Y.2d 237	208
1959	Arthur A. Johnson Corp. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America· Dissent†	7 N.Y.2d 222	158
1965	Motyka v. City of Amsterdam†	15 N.Y.2d 134	147
1963	People v. Donovan· Dissent†	13 N.Y.2d 148	147
1966	People v. Caserta†	19 N.Y.2d 18	137
1956	Diocese of Rochester v. Planning Board· Dissent†	1 N.Y.2d 508	134
1967	People v. De Lucia· Dissent†	20 N.Y.2d 275	127
1958	Miller v. Surf Properties, Inc.†	4 N.Y.2d 475	116
1954	Evans v. Monaghan†	306 N.Y. 312	112
1954	In re the Arbitration between Riverdale Fabrics Corp. & Tillinghast-Stiles Co.†	306 N.Y. 288	102

Showing the 15 most-cited of 329 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 Van Voorhis on?: John Van Voorhis was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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14 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).