Legal Opinion
Lajuan and Billy Wood v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1984No. 83-2280PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Hustler Magazine invaded LaJuan Wood’s privacy by publishing a stolen photograph, depicting LaJuan in the nude, that was submitted with a forged consent form. Although Texas courts have begun to flesh out the contours of the privacy cause first recognized in Billings v. Atkinson, 489 S.W.2d 858 (Tex.1973), they have not resolved issues critical to our disposition of this diversity case. We must determine the applicable statute of limitations for privacy actions as well as the level of fault required to impose liability for actual damages on a publisher who places a…
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