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New York Appellate Division / Joined 1973 / Served to 1979

Myles J. Lane

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Myles J. Lane was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1973. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1903–1987
Tenure: 1973–1979 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1973	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Lane authored 38 published opinions for the court (1973–1979), plus 15 dissents and 1 concurrence. 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. 53 of these were attributed to Lane 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†	56 A.D.2d 499	56
1979	Tanzer v. Turbodyne Corp.· Concurrence†	68 A.D.2d 614	24
1974	People v. Denti†	44 A.D.2d 44	24
1976	Axelrod v. Starr· Dissent†	52 A.D.2d 232	18
1977	Peninsula General Nursing Home v. Sugarman· Dissent†	57 A.D.2d 268	17
1976	Bal v. Murphy†	55 A.D.2d 26	17
1976	Tannenbaum v. Provident Mutual Life Insurance· Dissent†	53 A.D.2d 86	17
1975	People v. King†	48 A.D.2d 457	17
1975	In re Alphonso C.†	50 A.D.2d 97	16
1977	Peresluha v. City of New York†	60 A.D.2d 226	15
1975	Moyer v. Briggs· Dissent†	47 A.D.2d 64	15
1975	People v. Concord Fabrics, Inc.· Dissent†	50 A.D.2d 787	12
1976	People v. Cofield†	55 A.D.2d 113	11
1979	Lopez v. Triangle Communications, Inc.†	70 A.D.2d 359	9
1977	People v. Spiegel†	60 A.D.2d 210	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 54 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 Myles J. Lane on?: Myles J. Lane was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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6 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).