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Torts - Unauthorized Publication Of Photograph - Invasion Of Right Of Privacy, James W. Mehaffy
Torts - Unauthorized Publication Of Photograph - Invasion Of Right Of Privacy, James W. Mehaffy
Michigan Law Review
Defendant newspaper published an advertisement containing a picture of plaintiff, a radio artist, in a bathing suit, under the mistaken belief that it was a picture of a member of a vaudeville troupe whose name appeared in the advertisement, and who was described as an "exotic red-haired Venus" who endorsed a certain brand of whole-wheat bread as a means of "keeping that sylph-like figure." Plaintiff alleged that the vaudeville act was a "sensual performance or sex parade" and was composed of the "cheapest class of chorus girls." Held, that the advertisement was an invasion of plaintiff's right of privacy …
Libel And Slander - Privilege - Broadcasting A Trial, Michigan Law Review
Libel And Slander - Privilege - Broadcasting A Trial, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A microphone was installed in the courtroom, with consent of the judge and counsel, for the purpose of broadcasting a murder trial. Prisoner's attorney, in his closing argument to the jury, made remarks concerning the plaintiff, state's witness, which the latter claimed were defamatory. Joining as defendants the trial judge, counsel for the alleged felon, and the director of the radio station, plaintiff alleged the utterances were libelous per se. The trial judge's motion for non-suit was granted at the close of the plaintiff's case. As to the other defendants, on appeal, held, with one judge dissenting, that counsel …
Injunctions - Defamation - Injury To Business, Charles E. Nadeau
Injunctions - Defamation - Injury To Business, Charles E. Nadeau
Michigan Law Review
A complaint praying for an injunction alleged that plaintiff, a retail dealer in automobiles, sold defendant an automobile in good condition; that defendant complained of the steering and demanded a replacement of the parts; that upon inspection, the steering apparatus was found to be in good condition and defendant's request was refused; that thereafter defendant carried signs on the car indicating that it was defective and that plaintiff would do nothing about it; and that he did this, knowing that his claims were false, solely for the purpose of injuring plaintiff and to extort money from him. On overruling a …
Libel And Slander - Slander Of Title As A Protection Against Unfair Interference With Sale Of Literary Work, James W. Mehaffy
Libel And Slander - Slander Of Title As A Protection Against Unfair Interference With Sale Of Literary Work, James W. Mehaffy
Michigan Law Review
In a slander of title action, the complaint alleged that defendant requested plaintiffs to write a motion picture scenario based on historical events, but after plaintiffs submitted the scenario, defendant rejected it. Thereafter defendant announced its intention, by filing a statement with a voluntary association of motion picture producers, to produce a picture based on the same plot as that contained in plaintiffs' scenario. As a result, plaintiffs were unable to sell their scenario to any other producer. Held, that the complaint was insufficient in the absence of an allegation of special damages. Carrol v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. …
Freedom Of The Press And Of The Mails, Eberhard P. Deutsch
Freedom Of The Press And Of The Mails, Eberhard P. Deutsch
Michigan Law Review
It should be unnecessary to amend the Federal Constitution to accommodate the facilities of government to the needs of society, as those needs develop with the social and scientific advance of civilization. But the trend of legislative effort to reach beyond constitutional limits to satisfy fleeting economic or political expediencies, without regard for the vital distinction between sound and substance, and of courts to seek justification for such excursions, under the benefit of constitutional doubt due "solemn expressions of legislative will," may lead to highly dangerous situations. As this trend is permitted to reach extremes, the erasure of the well-defined …
Abatement And Revival - Exception From Survival Statute Of Actions For Slander As Preventing Survival Of Action For Slander Of Title, Michigan Law Review
Abatement And Revival - Exception From Survival Statute Of Actions For Slander As Preventing Survival Of Action For Slander Of Title, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Pending plaintiff's action for slander of title, defendant died. A statute provided that no action should abate by the death of either party thereto except actions for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, nuisance, or actions against a justice of the peace for misconduct in office. Held, the action abated, because, although slander of title was not expressly excepted from the operation of the statute, still the action of slander as specifically excepted by the statute embraces the action of slander of title. Billingsley v. Townsend, 132 Ohio St. 603, 9 N. E. (2d) 690 (1937).