ONASSIS v. CHRISTIAN DIOR


122 Misc.2d 603 (1984)

Jacqueline K. Onassis, Plaintiff, v. Christian Dior — New York, Inc., et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

January 11, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy for plaintiff. Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives for Christian Dior — New York, Inc., defendant. Breed, Abbott & Morgan for Lansdowne Advertising, Inc., defendant. Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn for Richard Avedon, defendant. Lowen & Abut (Charles C. Abut of counsel), for Ron Smith Celebrity Look-Alikes, defendant.


EDWARD J. GREENFIELD, J.

This case poses for judicial resolution the question of whether the use for commercial purposes of a "lookalike" of a well-known personality violates the right of privacy legislatively granted by enactment of sections 50 and 51 of the Civil Rights Law. Put another way, can one person enjoin the use of someone else's face? The questions appear not to have been definitively answered before.

Plaintiff, Jacqueline Kennedy...

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