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New York Court of Appeals, 1981

Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. Ingrassia

Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. Ingrassia
New York Court of Appeals · Decided September 15, 1981
54 N.Y.2d 795; 443 N.Y.S.2d 610; 427 N.E.2d 769; 1981 N.Y. LEXIS 2712

Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. Ingrassia

Opinion of the Court

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 NY 284, 297-298 [Cardozo, Ch. J.]; Matter of Dobbs Ferry Union Free School Dist. [Dobbs Ferry United Teachers], 51 NY2d 861).

Judge Gabrielli taking no part.

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