Legal Opinion
Sweenek v. Pathe News, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 8, 1936No. E-8041PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.
This is a' motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The plaintiff, Gertrude Sweenek, contends -that the publication by the defendant Pathe News, Inc., of a reel of motion pictures, in which she appears, is a violation of her right of privacy under section 51 of the New York Civil Rights Law (Consol.Laws, c. 6). These pictures were incorporated as part of a newsreel and reveal women exercising in a gymnasium, in many instances with the aid of novel and unique apparatus. The course of exercises had been offered gratuitously by the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Binns v. Vitagraph Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Humiston v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- Associated Press v. International News ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Jenkins v. News Syndicate Co.New York Supreme Court · 1926
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Romaine v. KallingerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Sidis v. FR Pub. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Pagan v. New York Herald Tribune, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Elmhurst v. PearsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
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