Dallesandro v. Henry Holt & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*471 Per Curiam.
Defendant displayed a picture on the cover of “ Waterfront Priest ”, a book it published, that showed Father Corridan, the subject of the book, in conversation with plaintiff, a longshoreman and rank-and-file union member. We do not believe the use of this picture comes within the proscription of sections 50 and 51 of the Civil Eights Law.
A picture illustrating an article on a matter of public interest is not considered used for the purpose of trade or advertising within the prohibition of the statute (Gautier v. Pro-Football, 304 N. Y. 354, 359) unless it has no real relationship…
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