Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of the Application of MICHAEL CALANDRA et al., Appellants, v. HAROLD ROTHWAX, as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, et al., Respondents. 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 N.Y. 284, 297-298 [Cardozo, Ch. J.]; Matter of Sean X., 63 N.Y.2d 943).