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 1959 / Served to 1976

Marcus G. Christ

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Marcus G. Christ was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1959. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1900–1988
Tenure: 1959–1976 · 17 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1959	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Christ authored 57 published opinions for the court (1960–1976), plus 9 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: Sherman v. Concourse Realty Corp. (70 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. 70 of these were attributed to Christ 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
1975	Sherman v. Concourse Realty Corp.†	47 A.D.2d 134	70
1964	Masters v. Becker†	22 A.D.2d 118	30
1975	People v. Williams†	47 A.D.2d 262	28
1970	Wener v. Wener†	35 A.D.2d 50	28
1968	Klein v. McGauley†	29 A.D.2d 418	24
1974	Feldman v. Feldman· Concurrence†	45 A.D.2d 320	23
1973	Rockland Woods, Inc. v. Incorporated Village of Suffern†	40 A.D.2d 385	20
1968	Vaage v. Lewis†	29 A.D.2d 315	19
1962	Sikora v. Keillor†	17 A.D.2d 6	18
1973	People v. Graham†	41 A.D.2d 226	17
1974	Ryan v. Brooklyn Eye & Ear Hospital†	46 A.D.2d 87	16
1974	Klein v. Murtagh· Dissent†	44 A.D.2d 465	16
1967	Mortgagee Affiliates Corp. v. Commercial Union Insurance†	27 A.D.2d 119	16
1966	People v. Caprio· Dissent†	25 A.D.2d 145	15
1974	Nigrone v. Murtagh†	46 A.D.2d 343	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 70 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 Marcus G. Christ on?: Marcus G. Christ was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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17 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).