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CORNWELL v. SACHS

No. CIV A 3:00CV229.

99 F.Supp.2d 695 (2000)

Patricia D. CORNWELL, Plaintiff, v. Leslie Raymond SACHS, individually and trading as Pussycat Press, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

May 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad M. Shumadine, Gary A. Bryant, Michael C. Davis, Willcox & Savage, P.C., Norfolk, VA, for Plaintiff.

Thomas H. Roberts, Richmond, VA, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PAYNE, District Judge.

Patricia Cornwell, a world renowned author of crime novels, filed this action against local author Leslie Raymond Sachs, asserting claims of defamation and violations of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) and Virginia's privacy statute, Va.Code Ann. § 8.01-40. Cornwell simultaneously moved for a preliminary injunction to restrain Sachs from the unauthorized use of her name and from issuing false and misleading...

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