Legal Opinion
Branson v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided September 17, 1954No. Civ. 1161PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLATT, District Judge.
The plaintiff filed this action, June 18, 1953, for alleged invasion of his right of privacy in Illinois and elsewhere throughout the United States. Defendant has answered, replied to interrogatories and taken plaintiff’s deposition. The parties have stipulated that the court shall determine whether the plaintiff has a cause of action on the facts as disclosed by the pleadings, the answers to the interrogatories, and the deposition with the attached exhibit of the picture on which the action is based. Therefore, the facts are undisputed.
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2Cases cited34 opinions
- Hartmann v. Time, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Sidis v. FR Pub. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Binns v. Vitagraph Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Reed v. Real Detective Publishing Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1945
- Barber v. Time, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1942
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Lothar Motschenbacher v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a Corporation, and William Esty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Cohen v. Herbal Concepts, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Bradley v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1960
- Chisholm v. Foothill Capital Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1998
- Negri v. Schering CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
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