Legal Opinion
Bette Midler v. Ford Motor Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Young & Rubicam Inc., a New York Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1988No. 87-6168PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOONAN, Circuit Judge:
This case centers on the protectibility of the voice of a celebrated chanteuse from commercial exploitation without her consent. Ford Motor Company and its advertising agency, Young & Rubicam, Inc., in 1985 advertised the Ford Lincoln Mercury with a series of nineteen 30 or 60 second television commercials in what the agency called “The Yuppie Campaign.” The aim was to make an emotional connection with Yuppies, bringing back memories of when they were in college. Different popular songs of the seventies were sung on each commercial. The agency tried to get “the original…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Lothar Motschenbacher v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a Corporation, and William Esty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- H.B. Halicki, D/B/A H.B. Halicki Productions v. United Artists Communications, Inc Mann Theaters Corp. Pacific Theatres Inc. Edwards Theaters, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Nancy Sinatra v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., an Ohio Corporation, Young & Rubicam, Inc., Anew York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Bert Lahr v. Adell Chemical Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
3Cited by67 opinions
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- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corporation Leo Burnett Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Facenda v. N.F.L. Films, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
- Debra Laws v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., D/B/A Epic Records, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
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