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 1974 / Served to 1977

Walter J. Mahoney

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Walter J. Mahoney was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1974. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1908–1982
Tenure: 1974–1977 · 3 yrs

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Mahoney authored 20 published opinions for the court (1974–1975). Most cited: Torrey Delivery, Inc. v. Chautauqua Truck Sales & Service, Inc. (30 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. 20 of these were attributed to Mahoney 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	Torrey Delivery, Inc. v. Chautauqua Truck Sales & Service, Inc.†	47 A.D.2d 279	30
1975	Cave v. Zoning Board of Appeals†	49 A.D.2d 228	24
1975	Carbone v. Fort Erie Jockey Club, Ltd.†	47 A.D.2d 337	18
1974	City of Batavia v. Town of Batavia†	45 A.D.2d 203	17
1975	Naetzker v. Brocton Central School District†	50 A.D.2d 142	16
1975	Loblaw, Inc. v. Wylie†	50 A.D.2d 4	15
1975	Kotary v. Spencer Speedway, Inc.†	47 A.D.2d 127	15
1975	Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Co. v. State†	47 A.D.2d 122	12
1975	Slank v. Sam Dell's Dodge Corp.†	46 A.D.2d 445	12
1975	Spina v. County of Chautauqua†	50 A.D.2d 178	6
1975	State Division of Human Rights v. Xerox Corp.†	49 A.D.2d 21	5
1975	Krasne's Inc. v. Sterling Arms Corp.†	47 A.D.2d 130	4
1974	Hahn v. Andrello†	44 A.D.2d 501	4
1974	People v. Williams†	44 A.D.2d 216	4
1975	Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. v. Barry Warehouses, Inc.†	49 A.D.2d 320	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 20 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 Walter J. Mahoney on?: Walter J. Mahoney was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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3 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).