Legal Opinion

Sellers v. Henry

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided November 13, 1959PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CULLEN, Commissioner.

This action involves a claim for damages for an alleged invasion of the right of privacy. A summary judgment was entered dismissing the complaint, and the plaintiffs have appealed.

Roy Sellers and wife brought the action against C. D. Henry, alleging that the Sellers’ young daughter was killed in an automobile accident, and that her head, face and body were mutilated and torn; that the defendant took photographs of the girl’s body and “unlawfully, wrongfully, intentionally, wilfully and without right published a copy of said photograph which showed, depicted, disclosed,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Leverton v. Curtis Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
  2. Waters v. FleetwoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  3. Jones v. Herald Post CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
  4. Kelley v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
  5. Branson v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1954

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. McCall v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Alan McSurely and Margaret McSurely v. John K. McClellan Thomas Ratliff, Individually and as Sometime Commonwealth Attorney for Pike County KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
  3. Catsouras v. Department of California Highway PatrolCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2010
  4. Mineer v. WilliamsDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2000
  5. Marzen v. United States Department of Health & Human ServicesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986

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