Legal Opinion

Colgate-Palmolive Company v. Frances P. Tullos

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 2, 1955No. 15239PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment against the Colgate-Palmolive Company, Inc., in favor of the appellee, Mrs. Frances P. Tullos, for damages suffered by her by reason of the publication, on July 27, 1953, of her likeness in a certain advertisement that appeared in the Atlanta Journal, a newspaper with a circulation of approximately 250,000 copies daily. The advertisement included a picture of “Lustre-Color Home Hair Coloring,” various matter describing it, a form for ordering it, and a reproduction of a photograph of appellee, above the following language: “Miss Elgie…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pavesich v. New England Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. McDaniel v. Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
  3. Donahue v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
  4. Larkins v. BoydSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  5. Dickerson v. American Sugar Refining Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Parma International v. BartosOhio Court of Appeals · 1990

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