Legal Opinion
Messenger v. Gruner + Jahr Printing & Publishing
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 28, 2000No. Nos. 98-7767, 98-7865PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
Resolution of issue certified to the New York Court of Appeals on whether a plaintiff may recover under New York’s statutory right of privacy, N.Y. Civil Rights Law §§ 50 and 51, when a publisher uses the plaintiffs image in a substantially fictionalized way to illustrate a newsworthy piece.
*123Reversed and remanded.
YM, Young and Modem, a magazine for teenage girls published by Gruner + Jahr Printing and Publishing, used Jamie Messenger’s picture, admittedly without adequate consent, to illustrate its “Love Crisis” column in its June/July 1995 issue. The column, whose headline or “pull quote” was…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Gautier v. Pro-Football, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
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