Legal Opinion
Levey v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 28, 1944PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Ethel Levey, claiming that her right of privacy has been violated by the production and exhibition of the motion picture “Yankee Doodle Dandy” by the defendant,' Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., brought this action under the Civil Rights Law of the State of New York, Consol. Laws, c. 6, to recover damages and to enjoin the further distribution and exhibition of the picture in this state in its present form.
The action was removed to this court from the Supreme Court of this state, on the ground of diversity of citizenship of the parties.
Section 51 of the Civil…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Humiston v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- Pfaudler v. Pfaudler Co.New York Supreme Court · 1921
- Freed v. Loew's, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1940
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