Legal Opinion
Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 30, 2004No. 02-56937PublishedCited by 1,528 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, an internationally-known movie star and, currently, the Governor of California, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his suit against Fred Martin Motor Company (“Fred Martin”), an Ohio car dealership, for lack of personal jurisdiction. Fred Martin had run a series of five fullpage color advertisements in the Akron Beacon Journal, a locally-circulated Ohio newspaper. Each advertisement included a small photograph of Schwarzenegger, portrayed as the “Terminator,” without his permission. Schwarzenegger brought suit in California,…
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