Legal Opinion
In re Sean X.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 30, 1984Published
1Opinion of the Court
Motion for leave to appeal, etc., 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 NY 284, 297-298 [Cardozo, Ch. J.]; Matter of Whelan v Griffin, 63 NY2d 650).
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Marchant v. Mead-Morrison Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Whelan v. GriffinNew York Court of Appeals · 1984