Legal Opinion
Tellado v. Time-Life Books, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 3, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-3100PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.
This is an action for invasion of privacy and misappropriation of likeness. Plaintiff originally filed this suit in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middle-sex County. Defendants removed the action to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441. Jurisdiction in this court is based on diversity of citizenship.
Defendants have now brought a motion for summary judgment. Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that summary judgment is not to be granted unless, after all reasonable inferences are drawn in favor of the nonmoving…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bigelow v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Romaine v. KallingerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- McFarland v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Lane v. Random House, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1995
- Staruski v. Continental Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1990
- Battaglieri v. MacKinac Center for Public PolicyMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
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