Legal Opinion
Carafano v. Metrosplash. Com Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided March 11, 2002No. CV-01-0018 DT(CWX)PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS LYCOS, INC. AND METROS-PLASH.COM, INC.’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
TEVRIZIAN, District Judge.
I. Background
A. Factual Summary
This action is brought by Plaintiff Chris-tianne Carafano (aka Chase Masterson) (“Plaintiff’) against Defendants Metros-plash.com, Inc., Lycos, ’ Inc., Matchmaker.com, Inc. and Bradley R. Tyer for invasion of privacy, misappropriation of right of publicity, defamation and negligence. 1
The following facts are found to be undisputed 2 :
Plaintiff is an actress who goes by the stage name of “Chase Masterson.” Plaintiff has appeared in numerous…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Batzel v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Fair Housing Coun., San Fernando v. Roommates. ComCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Carafano v. metrosplash.com, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- D.C. v. R.R.California Court of Appeal · 2010
- Optinrealbig. Com, LLC v. Ironport Systems, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 2004
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