Legal Opinion
Uhlaender v. Henricksen
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided August 25, 1970No. 5-70 Civ. 8PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEVILLE, District Judge.
Presented to the court is the question as to whether some several hundred Major League Baseball Players, appearing in this action by one such individual player and by an unincorporated association of major league baseball players have a proprietary or property interest in their names, sporting activities and accomplishments so as to enable them to enjoin the use thereof for commercial purposes by private entrepreneurs engaged in the manufacture of parlor or table games which employ and use their names and sports accomplishments. Diversity jurisdiction is clear, and no…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Louis Kamm, Inc. v. FlinkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1934
- Haelan Laboratories, Inc. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Albert Ettore v. Philco Television Broadcasting Corporation, Clayton, Inc. & Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, ConsolidatedCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Canessa v. Kislak, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
- Gautier v. Pro-Football, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Baltimore Orioles, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Players Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Lugosi v. Universal PicturesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
- Estate of Presley v. RussenDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1981
- Gee v. CBS, INC.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Cardtoons, L.C. v. Major League Baseball Players Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
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