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New York Appellate Division / Joined 1955 / Served to 1956

Joseph A. Cox

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Joseph A. Cox was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1955. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1896–1980
Tenure: 1955–1956 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1955	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Cox authored 17 published opinions for the court (1955–1956), plus 4 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: In re the Arbitration between Potoker & Brooklyn Eagle, Inc. (20 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. 22 of these were attributed to Cox 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
1955	In re the Arbitration between Potoker & Brooklyn Eagle, Inc.†	286 A.D. 733	20
1956	Sullivan v. Ed Sullivan Radio & T. V. Inc.†	1 A.D.2d 609	11
1956	Stillman v. Paramount Pictures Corp.†	2 A.D.2d 18	10
1955	Meenan v. Meenan†	286 A.D. 775	10
1955	Phillips v. Roux Laboratories, Inc.†	286 A.D. 549	8
1956	In re the General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors of Norma Footwear Corp.†	2 A.D.2d 24	6
1956	Varga v. Credit-Suisse†	2 A.D.2d 596	4
1955	In re the Accounting of Guaranty Trust Co.· Dissent†	286 A.D. 794	4
1956	In re the Probate of the Will of Brush†	1 A.D.2d 625	3
1956	Dolman v. United States Trust Co.· Dissent†	1 A.D.2d 809	3
1955	A. M. Levinson Furs, Inc. v. Centennial Insurance†	286 A.D. 788	2
1955	Jacobson v. Freedman & Slater, Inc.†	286 A.D. 778	2
1956	In re the Estate of Schinasi· Concurrence†	2 A.D.2d 105	1
1956	In re the Construction of the Will of Butler†	1 A.D.2d 548	1
1955	First National Bank of Montclair v. Coldwell†	286 A.D. 1079	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 Joseph A. Cox on?: Joseph A. Cox was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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1 year 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).