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REEVES v. UNITED ARTISTS CORP.

No. 83-3837.

765 F.2d 79 (1985)

Louise REEVES, Administratrix of the Estate of J.R. (Jimmy) Reeves, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION; Robert DeNiro; Robert Chartoff; Martin Scorsese; Jake LaMotta; Joseph Carter; Peter Savage; Paul Schrader; Martin Mardik; and Floyd Anderson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Agopian, Agopian & Jurczenko, Alexander Jurczenko, argued, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Terence J. Clark, argued, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before ENGEL and KEITH, Circuit Judges, and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The principal issue presented in this appeal is whether the right of publicity is descendible under Ohio law. Plaintiff Louise Reeves, Administratrix of the Estate of J.R. "Jimmy" Reeves appeals from the order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio which granted defendant United Artists Corporation's motion for summary judgment because plaintiff failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Jurisdiction in the...

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