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 1927 / Served to 1953

William B. Carswell

Justice, New York Appellate Division

William B. Carswell was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1927. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1883–1953
Tenure: 1927–1953 · 26 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1927	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Carswell authored 119 published opinions for the court (1927–1952), plus 12 dissents and 8 concurrences. Most cited: In re Selner (56 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. 139 of these were attributed to Carswell 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
1941	In re Selner†	261 A.D. 618	56
1935	In re Starr†	245 A.D. 5	37
1934	In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.†	240 A.D. 217	37
1935	In re the Judicial Settlement of the Intermediate Account of the Acts & Proceedings of Title Guarantee & Trust Co.†	245 A.D. 22	34
1933	Hammer v. Werner†	239 A.D. 38	34
1948	McDonald v. Goldstein†	273 A.D. 649	30
1934	Monaghan v. May†	242 A.D. 64	30
1930	Halsted v. Halsted†	228 A.D. 298	28
1941	Antonopulos v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.†	261 A.D. 564	25
1946	Shea v. Shea†	270 A.D. 527	24
1938	Port Chester Wine & Liquor Shop, Inc. v. Miller Bros. Fruiterers, Inc.†	253 A.D. 188	23
1934	Allen v. Trustees of Great Neck Free Church†	240 A.D. 206	22
1937	In re Rogers†	250 A.D. 26	21
1930	Parthey v. Beyer†	228 A.D. 308	21
1927	Lewis v. Roux Trucking Corp.†	222 A.D. 204	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 139 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 William B. Carswell on?: William B. Carswell was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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26 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).