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 1960 / Served to 1965

Robert E. Noonan

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Robert E. Noonan was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1960. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1907–1965
Tenure: 1960–1965 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1960	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Noonan authored 4 published opinions for the court (1963–1965), plus 1 dissent. Most cited: Ben Construction Corp. v. Ventre (22 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. 5 of these were attributed to Noonan 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
1965	Ben Construction Corp. v. Ventre†	23 A.D.2d 44	22
1964	Widger v. Central School District No. 1 of Towns of Ellicottville†	20 A.D.2d 296	15
1964	Doyle v. Dapolito†	20 A.D.2d 318	1
1964	People v. Coleman· Dissent†	20 A.D.2d 267	0
1963	American Trust Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.†	18 A.D.2d 147	0

Showing the 5 most-cited of 5 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 E. Noonan on?: Robert E. Noonan was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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5 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).