Legal Opinion
Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol v. Louis Nizer, Doubleday & Co., Inc. And Fawcett Publications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 28, 1977No. 886, Docket 76-7434PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Michael and Robert Meeropol appeal from dismissal on summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Harold R. Tyler, Jr. and Lee P. Gagliardi, Judges, of a three-count complaint alleging infringement of statutory copyright (Count I), invasion of privacy and defamation (Count II), and infringement of common law copyright (Count III). Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1338, 1331 and 1332.
Appellants are the natural children of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Their parents were executed in June 1953 after conviction for…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by139 opinions
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- Crump v. Beckley Newspapers, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
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