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 1982 / Served to 1995

Sidney H. Asch

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Sidney H. Asch was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1982. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1919–2011
Tenure: 1982–1995 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Education

CUNY City College

Judicial Record

In our data, Asch authored 132 published opinions for the court (1982–1995), plus 84 dissents and 25 concurrences. Most cited: Detone v. Bullit Courier Service, Inc. (299 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. 239 of these were attributed to Asch 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
1988	Detone v. Bullit Courier Service, Inc.· Dissent†	140 A.D.2d 278	299
1990	American Express Bank Ltd. v. Uniroyal, Inc.†	164 A.D.2d 275	124
1984	Stavitz v. City of New York†	98 A.D.2d 529	55
1985	Faberge International, Inc. v. Di Pino†	109 A.D.2d 235	51
1984	Patrowich v. Chemical Bank†	98 A.D.2d 318	51
1985	Trott v. Merit Department Store†	106 A.D.2d 158	48
1993	Ultramar Energy Ltd. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.· Dissent†	191 A.D.2d 86	47
1985	Brandon v. Chefetz†	106 A.D.2d 162	46
1990	Manning v. New York Telephone Co.†	157 A.D.2d 264	45
1989	Corcoran v. Frank B. Hall & Co.†	149 A.D.2d 165	45
1983	Smith v. Johnson Products Co.· Dissent†	95 A.D.2d 675	41
1985	In re Michael D.· Dissent†	109 A.D.2d 633	39
1993	Rodriguez v. City of New York†	189 A.D.2d 166	36
1984	Luka v. New York City Transit Authority· Dissent†	100 A.D.2d 323	35
1984	Belanoff v. Grayson†	98 A.D.2d 353	34

Showing the 15 most-cited of 241 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 Sidney H. Asch on?: Sidney H. Asch was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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13 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).