Case Name: James Panico, as a Professional Fire Fighter and Member of the Fairview Fire District, Appellant, v. Donald R. Young et al., Constituting the Fire Commissioners of the Fairview Fire District, Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-01-09
Citations: 46 N.Y.2d 847
Docket Number: 
Parties: James Panico, as a Professional Fire Fighter and Member of the Fairview Fire District, Appellant, v Donald R. Young et al., Constituting the Fire Commissioners of the Fairview Fire District, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 847–847

Head Matter:
James Panico, as a Professional Fire Fighter and Member of the Fairview Fire District, Appellant, v Donald R. Young et al., Constituting the Fire Commissioners of the Fairview Fire District, Respondents.
Submitted December 4,1978;
decided January 9,1979

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 Brooklyn Hosp. v Lennon, 45 NY2d 820).