CORDELL v. DETECTIVE PUBLICATIONS, INC.

No. 18918.

419 F.2d 989 (1969)

Mrs. Alline E. CORDELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DETECTIVE PUBLICATIONS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell Crawford, Chattanooga, Tenn., J. Nelson Irvine, Chattanooga, Tenn., on brief; Chambliss, Hodge, Bahner & Crawford, Chattanooga, Tenn., of counsel, for appellant.

Charles J. Gearhiser, Chattanooga, Tenn., Stophel, Caldwell & Heggie, Chattanooga, Tenn., Stephen L. Bair, New York City, of counsel, for appellee.

Before PECK, McCREE, and COMBS, Circuit Judges.


McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of summary judgment to defendant Detective Publications, Inc., in an invasion of privacy action brought by Mrs. Alline Cordell. Plaintiff claims that defendant invaded her right of privacy by publishing in one of its magazines an unauthorized and sensational account of her daughter's murder.

The District Court, after reviewing affidavits and answers to interrogatories, held that Mrs. Cordell had no...

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