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In re Sean X.

63 N.Y.2d 943 Court N.Y. Decision date 1984-10-30 English

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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

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 ).

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