Legal Opinion
Spahn v. Julian Messner, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 28, 1964PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacob Markowitz, J.
Plaintiff Warren Spahn, a baseball pitcher of wide renown and acclaim, seeks an injunction against the unauthorized publication of a book purporting to be his *220biography, The Warren Spahn Story written by Milton J. Shapiro and published by Julian Messner, Inc., and damages for injuries sustained by reason of said publication and distribution.
Spahn alleges that the defendants are ‘1 taking pecuniary advantage of plaintiff’s name, photographs, and likeness and private life to create for profit a fictionalized and dramatic story, fanciful, and sensational in nature, designed primarily and…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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- Pennekamp v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Linus Pauling v. Globe-Democrat Publishing Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
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