HOEPKER v. KRUGER

No. 00 CIV. 6619(AKH).

200 F.Supp.2d 340 (2002)

Thomas HOEPKER a/k/a Thomas Hopker and Charlotte Dabney, Plaintiffs, v. Barbara KRUGER, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art L.A., Paula Goldman, M.I.T. Press, a department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mary Boone, d/b/a Mary Boone Gallery, Educational Broadcasting Systems d/b/a Public Service Television Thirteen Wnet, d/b/a American Visions, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Weingrad, Weingrad & Weingrad, LLP, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Robert W. Clarida, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., New York City, for Barbara Kruger, Mary Boone, Public Service Television Thirteen WNET.

Peter Herbert, Lankler, Siffert & Wohl, LLP, New York City, for Whitney Museum of American Art.

Michael H. Bierman, Ian M. Wallach, Mitchell L. Lathrop, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP, New York City, for Museum of Contemporary Art L.A., M.I.T. Press.


OPINION AND ORDER

HELLERSTEIN, District Judge.

This right of privacy case is before the Court on defendants' motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint, on the ground that plaintiff Dabney has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and on the ground that plaintiff has not alleged a sufficient jurisdictional amount to support diversity jurisdiction. Defendants have also moved for an order awarding costs and fees against plaintiffs for...

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