Case Name: In the Matter of Robert E. Whelan, as Comptroller of the City of Buffalo, Respondent, v. James D. Griffin, as Mayor of the City of Buffalo, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1984-07-03
Citations: 63 N.Y.2d 650
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Robert E. Whelan, as Comptroller of the City of Buffalo, Respondent, v James D. Griffin, as Mayor of the City of Buffalo, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 63
Pages: 650–650

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Robert E. Whelan, as Comptroller of the City of Buffalo, Respondent, v James D. Griffin, as Mayor of the City of Buffalo, et al., Appellants.
Submitted May 7, 1984;
decided July 3, 1984

Opinion:
On the court's own motion, appeal taken as of right dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that appellants are not aggrieved by the modification at the Appellate Division (CPLR 5601, subd [a], par [iii]).
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 Westchester Rockland Newspapers v Ingrassia, 54 NY2d 795).