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New York Court of Appeals, 1990

Michael P. v. Diana G.

Michael P. v. Diana G.
New York Court of Appeals · Decided May 10, 1990
75 N.Y.2d 1003; 557 N.Y.S.2d 308; 556 N.E.2d 1115; 1990 N.Y. LEXIS 1088
Michael P. v. Diana G.

Opinion of the Court

Motion for leave to appeal denied. Motion for a stay dis*1004missed as academic. 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.]; New York Pub. Interest Research Group v Governor’s Advisory Commn., 71 NY2d 964).

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