Legal Opinion
Stryker v. Republic Pictures Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 13, 1951No. Civ. 18256PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, J. pro tem.
The problem posed by this case is whether a general and special demurrer to the complaint was or was not rightly sustained. The demurrer was sustained with leave to the plaintiff to amend, but plaintiff elected not to amend on the theory that none of the grounds set forth in the demurrer was well taken. The question at issue is not primarily one of the law of privacy, as plaintiff would have us believe, but rather one of the law of pleading, based upon rules of law inherent in the substantive law of privacy. If, in the case before us, the plaintiff has in fact a perfectly…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Melvin v. ReidCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
- Sidis v. FR Pub. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Binns v. Vitagraph Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Metter v. Los Angeles ExaminerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Kapellas v. KofmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
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- Fairfield v. American Photocopy Equipment Co.California Court of Appeal · 1955
- Lothar Motschenbacher v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a Corporation, and William Esty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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