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 1966 / Served to 1966

Robert O. Brink

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Robert O. Brink was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1966. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1896–1974
Tenure: 1966–1966

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Brink authored 10 published opinions for the court (1966), plus 1 concurrence. Most cited: Davis Accoustical Corp. v. National Surety Corp. (15 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. 11 of these were attributed to Brink 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
1966	Davis Accoustical Corp. v. National Surety Corp.†	27 A.D.2d 624	15
1966	Rook Hill Sewerage Disposal Corp. v. Town of Thompson†	27 A.D.2d 626	7
1966	Shanker v. Regents of the University†	27 A.D.2d 84	5
1966	Scharf v. Manson†	27 A.D.2d 613	4
1966	Glashow v. Allen†	27 A.D.2d 625	3
1966	O'Dea v. City of Albany†	27 A.D.2d 11	3
1966	St. Lawrence University v. Trustees of the Theological School of St. Lawrence University· Concurrence†	27 A.D.2d 106	0
1966	Sheehan v. Amity Estates, Inc.†	27 A.D.2d 594	0
1966	In re the Claim Furgang†	27 A.D.2d 598	0
1966	In re the Claim of Wilson†	27 A.D.2d 581	0
1966	People v. Jordan†	27 A.D.2d 584	0

Showing the 11 most-cited of 11 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 Robert O. Brink on?: Robert O. Brink was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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Joined the court in 1966. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).