Legal Opinion
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Inc. v. Scoreboard Posters, Inc. And Arny Freytag, Texas Cowgirls, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1979No. 79-1291PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are a group of women who perform as cheerleaders on the sidelines during games played by the Dallas Cowboys, a football team. The women are employed by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Inc. In 1977 five members of the Cowboys Cheerleaders posed for a poster to be distributed commercially. The poster shows the five Cowboys Cheerleaders dressed in their official cheerleading outfits in front of a glittering backdrop, with the words “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders”…
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