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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Appellate Division / Joined 1974 / Served to 1982

Vincent A. Lupiano

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Vincent A. Lupiano was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1974. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1908–1982
Tenure: 1974–1982 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Lupiano authored 102 published opinions for the court (1957–1982), plus 69 dissents and 19 concurrences. Most cited: Popkin v. Security Mutual Insurance (263 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. 188 of these were attributed to Lupiano 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
1975	Popkin v. Security Mutual Insurance†	48 A.D.2d 46	263
1978	Le Mistral, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System†	61 A.D.2d 491	69
1981	People v. Stroman†	83 A.D.2d 370	60
1978	Cohen v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'n· Dissent†	65 A.D.2d 71	43
1980	Strain v. Seven Hills Associates†	75 A.D.2d 360	40
1979	Dulberg v. Ebenhart†	68 A.D.2d 323	40
1979	Dorman v. Cohen†	66 A.D.2d 411	40
1974	In re the Arbitration between Riccardi & Modern Silver Linen Supply Co.· Concurrence†	45 A.D.2d 191	40
1978	Flemington National Bank & Trust Co. v. Domler Leasing Corp.†	65 A.D.2d 29	36
1977	People v. McLaurin†	56 A.D.2d 80	36
1974	People ex rel. Sara R. v. Sugarman†	45 A.D.2d 375	31
1975	Leffler v. Leffler†	50 A.D.2d 93	30
1979	Jarrett v. Madifari†	67 A.D.2d 396	26
1980	People v. Milom†	75 A.D.2d 68	25
1980	Danzig v. Dikman†	78 A.D.2d 303	24

Showing the 15 most-cited of 190 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 Vincent A. Lupiano on?: Vincent A. Lupiano was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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8 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).