Arthur Young & Company v. Leong

Decision Date30 November 1976
Parties, 359 N.E.2d 435 ARTHUR YOUNG & COMPANY, Appellant, v. Robert H. Y. LEONG, Respondent.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

Appeal dismissed without costs, by the Cou Sua sponte, upon the ground that the question certified does not present a question of law decisive of the correctness of the determination of the Appellate Division, 53 A.D.2d 515, 383 N.Y.S.2d 618, (cf. Patrician Plastic Corp. v. Bernadel Realty Corp., 25 N.Y.2d 599, 604--606, 307 N.Y.S.2d 868, 256 N.E.2d 180). Because this Court is dismissing the appeal it does not reach the question whether it would have been an abuse of discretion to have denied access to the courts of this State to parties who had, in their contractual agreement, so provided.

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