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 1987 / Served to 1996

Reuben K. Davis

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Reuben K. Davis was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1987. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1920–2010
Tenure: 1987–1996 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1987	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Davis authored 8 published opinions for the court (1987–1996), plus 4 dissents. Most cited: Clements v. Schultz (13 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. 12 of these were attributed to Davis 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
1994	Clements v. Schultz†	200 A.D.2d 11	13
1987	Dickenson v. Dickenson Agency, Inc.· Dissent†	127 A.D.2d 983	13
1996	Wadsworth v. Wadsworth†	219 A.D.2d 410	12
1993	People v. Quarles· Dissent†	187 A.D.2d 200	12
1992	Doe v. Connell†	179 A.D.2d 196	10
1994	In re Baxter†	196 A.D.2d 186	8
1992	People v. Kyser†	183 A.D.2d 238	6
1993	People v. Grisafi†	192 A.D.2d 147	5
1991	Doyle v. Sullivan†	176 A.D.2d 55	5
1996	In re Caroline†	218 A.D.2d 388	1
1990	Eisenhut v. King· Dissent†	159 A.D.2d 949	0
1989	People v. Gaines· Dissent†	147 A.D.2d 891	0

Showing the 12 most-cited of 12 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 Reuben K. Davis on?: Reuben K. Davis was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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9 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).