Melissa A. Crane

Profile data snapshot: February 19, 2026 Details may have changed since.

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Melissa A. Crane presides in the Supreme Court of New York County, having served on the bench for 14 years. Judge Crane was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2021 and ending in 2034.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 1.5 decisions per year

Higher than 81.64% of judges in the dataset

20 published decisions over 13 years

Suppression Reversal Rate: 0.0%

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

0 suppression reversals out of 4 suppression-related appeals

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality: 0 total years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

20 decisions

2022

State of Qatar v. First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC

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2022

National Hockey League v. TIG Ins. Co.

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2020

People v. Ackerman McQueen

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2019

Lynch v. New York City Civilian Complaint Review Bd.

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2019

Matter of Empire Ctr. for Pub. Policy v. New York City Police Pension Fund

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2019

LMP Auto. Holdings, Inc v. Nardello & Co.

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2019

Savings Deposit Ins. Fund of Turkey (Tasarruf Medvuati Sigorta Fonu) v. Aksoy

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2019

Waste Connections of N.Y. v. Just an Oven Corp.

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2018

Diaz v. Galopy Corp. Intl., N.V.

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2017

Lease Fin. Group, LLC v. Qazi

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NYSCEF Decisions

515 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2025

White v. Vaccaro

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2025

Lexington Ins. Co. v. New York Mar. & Gen. Ins. Co.

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2025

Ho v. Star Contrs., Inc.

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2025

State of N.Y., ex rel. Phone Admin. Servs., Inc. v. Verizon N.Y., Inc.

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2025

Gamma USA, Inc. v. Pavarini McGovern, LLC

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2025

Lichter v. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co.

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2025

Palella v. TMO VI LLC

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2025

Genesis REOC Co., LLC v. Poppel

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2025

Gurney-Goldman v. Solil Mgt., LLC

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2025

Metropolitan Partners Group Admin., LLC v. Nerney

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