Case Name: In the Matter of Sean X. Mary J. Brennan, as Director of Services to Children of the Nassau County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Irma Y., Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1984-10-30
Citations: 63 N.Y.2d 943
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Sean X. Mary J. Brennan, as Director of Services to Children of the Nassau County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Irma Y., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 63
Pages: 943–943

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Sean X. Mary J. Brennan, as Director of Services to Children of the Nassau County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Irma Y., Appellant.
Submitted September 24, 1984;
decided October 30, 1984

Opinion:
Motion for leave to appeal, etc., 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 Whelan v Griffin, 63 NY2d 650).