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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Appellate Division / Joined 1966 / Served to 1977

Louis J. Capozzoli

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Louis J. Capozzoli was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1966. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1901–1982
Tenure: 1966–1977 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1966	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Capozzoli authored 54 published opinions for the court (1966–1977), plus 54 dissents and 8 concurrences. Most cited: In re the Estate of Rothko (56 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. 115 of these were attributed to Capozzoli 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
1977	In re the Estate of Rothko· Dissent†	56 A.D.2d 499	56
1970	Lamarr v. Klein†	35 A.D.2d 248	48
1968	In re Aaron D.· Concurrence†	30 A.D.2d 183	39
1975	Namath v. Sports Illustrated†	48 A.D.2d 487	36
1966	Chappelle v. Gross†	26 A.D.2d 340	30
1971	Paul Tishman Co. v. Carney & Del Guidice, Inc.· Dissent†	36 A.D.2d 273	29
1976	People v. Garcia· Dissent†	51 A.D.2d 329	25
1977	People v. Rivera· Dissent†	58 A.D.2d 147	23
1968	Siegel v. Northern Boulevard & 80th Street Corp.†	31 A.D.2d 182	23
1968	Perazzo v. Lindsay· Dissent†	30 A.D.2d 179	21
1967	Hubbard, Westervelt & Mottelay, Inc. v. Harsh Building Co.†	28 A.D.2d 295	20
1973	Barnes v. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.· Dissent†	42 A.D.2d 15	19
1968	Kotkin v. Kerner†	29 A.D.2d 367	18
1966	Hacker v. City of New York· Dissent†	26 A.D.2d 400	17
1969	River View Associates v. Sheraton Corp. of America· Dissent†	33 A.D.2d 187	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 116 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 Louis J. Capozzoli on?: Louis J. Capozzoli was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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11 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).