Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn

Gunter, Justice.

This appeal involves the alleged invasion of "the right to be left alone.” The cause of action involved is also referred to as an invasion of the right of privacy, or the tort of public disclosure.

On August 18, 1971, the appellee’s seventeen-year-old daughter was the victim of the crime of rape. Her death immediately followed. Six young men were subsequently indicted for murder and rape.

The rape and the death of the rape-victim were widely publicized immediately after the occurrence of these events. However, apparently because of a Georgia statute (Code Ann. § 26-9901) the…