Delan v. CBS, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bracken, J.
May a mentally disabled patient in a State mental hospital, whose picture appears for approximately four seconds in a 60-minute telecast of a nonfictitious news documentary about the effects of, and alternatives to, institutionalization in mental hospitals, maintain a cause of action under the New York “right of privacy” statute (Civil Rights Law, §§ 50, 51)?*
Defendants are the producers of a documentary film entitled “Anyplace But Here”, dealing with the program of reintroducing mentally disabled patients from hospital care to the general community. In the…
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