Case Name: In the Matter of Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc., Appellant, v. Angelo J. Ingrassia, as Judge of the Orange County Court, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1981-09-15
Citations: 54 N.Y.2d 795
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc., Appellant, v Angelo J. Ingrassia, as Judge of the Orange County Court, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 54
Pages: 795–795

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc., Appellant, v Angelo J. Ingrassia, as Judge of the Orange County Court, et al., Respondents.
Submitted August 24, 1981;
decided September 15, 1981

Opinion:
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.