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LEOPOLD v. LEVIN

No. 41498.

45 Ill.2d 434 (1970)

259 N.E.2d 250

NATHAN F. LEOPOLD, JR., Appellant, v. MEYER LEVIN et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 27, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ELMER GERTZ and HAROLD R. GORDON, both of Chicago, for appellant.

ROBERT W. BERGSTOM, and ROHDE, DAHLGREN & OLSON, both of Chicago, for appellees Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., and the other "motion picture".

LEON M. DESPRES, of Chicago, for appellees Meyer Levin and the other "book".

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., the plaintiff, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County, which was in the nature of a suit alleging a violation of the right of privacy. The defendants included: the author, publishers and several local distributors of a novel and a play, entitled "Compulsion," and the producer, distributor and Chicago area...

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