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GROUCHO MARX PRODUCTIONS v. DAY AND NIGHT CO.

Nos. 1247, 1255, Dockets 82-7183, 82-7185.

689 F.2d 317 (1982)

GROUCHO MARX PRODUCTIONS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DAY AND NIGHT COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants. DAY AND NIGHT COMPANY, INC., et al., Third-Party-Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard K. VOSBURGH, et al., Third-Party-Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence W. Pollack, New York City (Edmund R. Rosenkrantz, George E. Regis, and Migdal, Tenney, Glass & Pollack, New York City, on the brief), for third-party defendants-appellants Vosburgh and Lazarus.

James A. Janowitz, New York City (John R. Fernbach, Arthur F. Engoron, and Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants Day and Night Co., Inc. and Cohen.

Peter A. Herbert, New York City (Stewart L. Levy, L. Peter Parcher, and Parcher & Herbert, P.C., New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Irwin Karp, New York City, submitted a brief for The Authors League of America, Inc. and the Dramatists Guild, Inc., amici curiae.

Before NEWMAN and PIERCE, Circuit Judges, and CANNELLA, Senior District Judge.

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

For the second time in just two years, exercise of the diversity jurisdiction requires us to determine whether state law protects a person's so-called right of publicity — the right to exploit the commercial value of his name, likeness, or attributes — after his death.1 See Factors Etc., Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc., 652 F.2d 278 (2d Cir. 1981), cert. denied,

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