Donahue v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

(concurring specially.)

I concur in Judge Bratton’s opinion and in the judgment of the majority, but, in addition to what is said therein, wish to further amplify my views with respect to the rights of public figures under the Utah statute.

General statements are found in many cases arising under the common law, as well as in some of the cases arising under the statute of New York, to the effect that one who enters the public arena and thereby becomes a public figure waives his right of privacy, and by implication inferring that a different rule is to be applied in the case of one not in the…