LEVEY v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES


57 F.Supp. 40 (1944)

LEVEY v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES, Inc.

District Court, S. D. New York.

July 28, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Oshrin and Harry Weinberger, both of New York City, for plaintiff.

R. W. Perkins, by Joseph D. Karp and Stanleigh P. Friedman, all of New York City, for defendant.


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.

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