Legal Opinion
Wojnarowicz v. American Family Ass'n
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 8, 1990No. 90 Civ. 3457 (WCC)PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge:
Multimedia artist David Wojnarowicz brings this action to enjoin the publication of a pamphlet by defendants American Family Association (“AFA”) and Donald E. Wildmon, Executive Director of AFA, and for damages based upon claims of copyright infringement, defamation, and viola tions of the Lanham Act and the New York Artists’ Authorship Rights Act. During the week before trial, defendants moved to dismiss the action or transfer it to the District of Mississippi on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction over defendants and improper…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Coates v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by36 opinions
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