Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Jewel Food Stores, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 12, 2015No. 10 C 340PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Gary Feinerman, United States District Judge
After Jewel Food Stores, Inc., a Chica-goland grocery store chain, took out a page in a commemorative issue of Sports Illustrated congratulating Michael Jordan on his 2009 induction into the Hall of Fame, Jordan sued Jewel in state court for using his identity without permission. Doc. 1-2. Jewel removed the suit' to federal court, Doc. 1, and filed third-party claims against Sports Illustrated’s publisher, Time Inc., and the page’s graphic designer, Vertís, Inc., for contribution and indemnification, Doc. 17. Time…
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