Legal Opinion
Letsch v. Southern Proper Hospitality, LLC
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 29, 2024No. Civil Action No. 2021-1840Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MIRJAM LETSCH, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 21-1840 (TJK) SOUTHERN PROPER HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Mirjam Letsch is a professional photographer who took the photo below that caught the eye of those planning to open Gypsy Kitchen, a restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. ECF No. 1-1. Gypsy Kitchen paid Letsch to use the photo as a mural on one of the restaurant’s walls. Years later, the owners of Gypsy Kitchen opened another such restaurant in Washington, D.C. and used the photo in the same way. Letsch…
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