Legal Opinion
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 1977No. 76-577PublishedCited by 411 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Petitioner, Hugo Zacchini, is an entertainer. He performs a “human cannonball” act in which he is shot from a cannon into a net some 200 feet away. Each performance occupies some 15 seconds. In August and September 1972, petitioner was engaged to perform his act on a regular basis at the Geauga County Fair in Burton, Ohio. He performed in a fenced area, surrounded by grandstands, at the fair grounds. Members of the public attending the fair were not charged a separate admission fee to observe his act.
On August 30, a freelance reporter for Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co., the operator of a…
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