Legal Opinion
Factors Etc., Inc. And Boxcar Enterprises, Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc. And Stop and Shop Companies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 29, 1981No. 503, Docket 80-7692PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
The merits of this appeal concern the interesting state law question whether a person has a protected interest in publicizing his name and likeness after his death, or, as the matter has been put, is there a descendible right of publicity?1 Despite the fascination of this question, what divides the members of this panel and forms the basis for the majority’s disposition of this appeal is the more esoteric question, apparently of first impression, concerning the deference a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction should give to a ruling by a court of appeals…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by130 opinions
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