Legal Opinion
A. A. Dietemann v. Time, Inc., a New York Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1971No. 23096_1PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in an action for invasion of privacy. Jurisdiction was grounded in diversity. The parties agreed that California law governed. After a court trial plaintiff was awarded $1000 general damages. On appeal we are asked to consider significant questions involving the relationship between personal privacy and the freedom of the press.
The district court’s decision is reported in Dietemann v. Time, Inc., 284 F. Supp. 925 (1968). The facts, as narrated by the district court, are these:
“Plaintiff, a disabled veteran with little…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Fletcher v. Western National Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
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3Cited by103 opinions
- United States v. HubbardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Ronald E. Galella v. Jacqueline Onassis, John Walsh, and United States of America, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Luther Haynes and Dorothy Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated, and Nicholas LemannCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Crump v. Beckley Newspapers, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. GlassAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
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