Vito J. Titone | |
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Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | |
In office May 28, 1985[1] – September 1, 1998[2] | |
Appointed by | Mario Cuomo |
Preceded by | Lawrence H. Cooke |
Succeeded by | Albert Rosenblatt |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn, New York City, New York | July 5, 1929
Died | July 6, 2005 Staten Island, New York City, New York | (aged 76)
Political party | Democratic |
Vito Joseph Titone[3] (July 5, 1929 – July 6, 2005) was an American judge who served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1998.[1][4]
Titone was known as a liberal lion of the state's highest court.[5] One of his most notable decisions was the majority opinion in Braschi v. Stahl, which recognized for the first time that a gay couple could be considered a family under the law.[6]
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Queens, Titone received his law degree from St. John's University School of Law, where he was a classmate and close friend with future Governor Mario Cuomo, who later appointed Titone to the Court of Appeals.[7][8] He died on July 6, 2005, in Staten Island, New York City, New York at age 76.[5]