Case Name: New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Governor's Advisory Commission to Make Findings and Recommendations About Problems Relating to Liability Insurance et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-04-28
Citations: 71 N.Y.2d 964
Docket Number: 
Parties: New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc., et al., Appellants, v Governor’s Advisory Commission to Make Findings and Recommendations About Problems Relating to Liability Insurance et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 71
Pages: 964–964

Head Matter:
New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc., et al., Appellants, v Governor’s Advisory Commission to Make Findings and Recommendations About Problems Relating to Liability Insurance et al., Respondents.
Submitted February 29,1988;
decided April 28, 1988

Opinion:
Motion for leave to appeal denied. Motion by Newsday, Inc., et al., for leave to appear as amici curiae dismissed 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.]; Two Assocs. v Brown, 70 NY2d 792).