Matter of Westchester Rockland Newspapers v. Ingrassia

Full title: In the Matter of WESTCHESTER ROCKLAND NEWSPAPERS, INC., Appellant, v…

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Sep 15, 1981

427 N.E.2d 769 (N.Y. 1981)

443 N.Y.S.2d 610

54 N.Y.2d 795

Opinion

Submitted August 24, 1981

Decided September 15, 1981

Motion for leave to appeal denied. The Court of Appeals restates the rule that denial of a motion for leave to appeal is not equivalent to an affirmance and has no precedential value (see, e.g., Matter of Marchant v Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co., 252 N.Y. 284, 297-298 [CARDOZO, Ch. J.]; Matter of Dobbs Ferry Union Free School Dist. [ Dobbs Ferry United Teachers], 51 N.Y.2d 861).

Judge GABRIELLI taking no part.