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 1985 / Served to 1991

Sybil Hart Kooper

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Sybil Hart Kooper was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1985. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1925–1991
Tenure: 1985–1991 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Kooper authored 20 published opinions for the court (1986–1991), plus 6 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: Garson v. Hendlin (40 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. 28 of these were attributed to Kooper 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	Garson v. Hendlin†	141 A.D.2d 55	40
1987	National Casualty Insurance v. City of Mount Vernon†	128 A.D.2d 332	39
1990	People v. Jordan†	153 A.D.2d 263	32
1988	People v. Davidson†	136 A.D.2d 66	27
1991	Jasopersaud v. Tao Gyoun Rho†	169 A.D.2d 184	26
1986	Thomas v. Small· Dissent†	121 A.D.2d 622	23
1991	Nassau County Department of Social Services v. Steven K.· Dissent†	176 A.D.2d 326	22
1990	People v. Konikov†	160 A.D.2d 146	20
1989	In re Jovann B.· Dissent†	153 A.D.2d 858	20
1986	Frank v. National Broadcasting Co.†	119 A.D.2d 252	20
1987	Weissman v. Bellacosa†	129 A.D.2d 189	18
1990	Boung Jae Jang v. Brown†	161 A.D.2d 49	16
1986	In re Julian B.· Dissent†	125 A.D.2d 666	13
1990	Tutino v. Perales†	153 A.D.2d 181	11
1989	Meehan v. Nassau Community College†	152 A.D.2d 313	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 28 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 Sybil Hart Kooper on?: Sybil Hart Kooper was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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6 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).