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 1946 / Served to 1950

William F. Love

Justice, New York Appellate Division

William F. Love was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1946. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1880–1959
Tenure: 1946–1950 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1946	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Love authored 9 published opinions for the court (1946–1950), plus 3 dissents. Most cited: In re the Will of Hinds (9 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. 12 of these were attributed to Love 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
1946	In re the Will of Hinds†	270 A.D. 408	9
1948	Moore v. Board of Education†	274 A.D. 403	4
1947	Kendrick v. Board of Education†	273 A.D. 125	1
1950	Noll v. Noll†	277 A.D.2d 286	0
1950	In re the Accounting of Teter†	277 A.D.2d 289	0
1950	Albany Savings Bank v. Fairchild†	276 A.D.2d 297	0
1949	In re the Estate of Benson†	275 A.D.2d 226	0
1949	Rogers v. Germano· Dissent†	275 A.D.2d 896	0
1947	Todd v. Board of Education†	272 A.D.2d 618	0
1947	In re the Estate of Clark†	271 A.D.2d 691	0
1946	People v. Minet· Dissent†	271 A.D.2d 345	0
1946	People v. Di Carlo· Dissent†	270 A.D. 789	0

Showing the 12 most-cited of 12 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 F. Love on?: William F. Love was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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4 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).