Legal Opinion
Wells v. Chattanooga Bakery, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 25, 2014PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · BennettAndy D. Bennett, J.
in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, M.S., P.J., and FRANK G. CLEMENT, J., joined.
Plaintiff brought suit against defendants alleging the unlawful use of his image and likeness and asserting statutory claims for violation of the Tennessee Personal Rights Protection Act and the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, and common law claims for unjust enrichment, accounting, and conversion. Upon defendants’ motion, the trial court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on complete preemption by the Copyright Act. We affirm.
Factual and PRooedural Background
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