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 1967 / Served to 1975

Owen McGivern

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Owen McGivern was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1967. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1910–1998
Tenure: 1967–1975 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, McGivern authored 42 published opinions for the court (1967–1974), plus 61 dissents and 6 concurrences. Most cited: East Asiatic Co. v. Corash (73 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. 109 of these were attributed to McGivern 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
1970	East Asiatic Co. v. Corash· Dissent†	34 A.D.2d 432	73
1968	Grace v. Sterling, Grace & Co.· Concurrence†	30 A.D.2d 61	36
1969	In re the Dissolution of Gordon & Weiss, Inc.· Dissent†	32 A.D.2d 279	33
1972	Legislative Conference v. Board of Higher Education†	38 A.D.2d 478	26
1968	Giryluk v. Giryluk· Dissent†	30 A.D.2d 22	22
1969	Holmes v. Allstate Insurance· Dissent†	33 A.D.2d 96	20
1967	Hubbard, Westervelt & Mottelay, Inc. v. Harsh Building Co.· Dissent†	28 A.D.2d 295	20
1974	Klein v. Smigel†	44 A.D.2d 248	19
1968	Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Roskin Distributors, Inc.· Dissent†	31 A.D.2d 22	18
1971	Tanbro Fabrics Corp. v. Deering Milliken, Inc.· Dissent†	35 A.D.2d 469	14
1970	Rivera v. W. & R. Service Station, Inc.†	34 A.D.2d 115	14
1968	Ortiz v. Kinoshita & Co.· Dissent†	30 A.D.2d 334	13
1973	Redlich v. Capri Cinema, Inc.†	43 A.D.2d 27	12
1973	People v. Munoz· Dissent†	40 A.D.2d 337	11
1969	Downing v. Downing· Dissent†	32 A.D.2d 350	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 109 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 Owen McGivern on?: Owen McGivern was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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8 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).