Legal Opinion
Doe v. TCI Cablevision
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 29, 2003No. SC 84856PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Judge.
Appellant Anthony Twist, also known as Tony Twist, is a former professional hockey player in the National Hockey League. After learning of the existence of a comic book, titled Spawn, that contained a villainous character sharing his name, Twist brought misappropriation of name and defamation claims against respondents, the creators, publishers and marketers of Spawn and related promotional products. Respondents defended on First Amendment grounds. The circuit court dismissed the defamation count, but allowed the misappropriation of name count to go to trial,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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