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KNAPKE v. PEOPLECONNECT, INC.

No. 21-35690.

38 F.4th 824 (2022)

Barbara KNAPKE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PEOPLECONNECT, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 29, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Heath Gershengorn (argued) and Illyana A. Green , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.; Clifford W. Berlow , Debbie L. Berman , and Wade A. Thomson , Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Brent Caslin , Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Roger Perlstadt (argued), Ryan D. Andrews , and Ben Thomassen , Edelson PC, Chicago, Illinois; Philip L. Fraietta , Bursor & Fisher P.A., New York, New York; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Barbara Knapke claims that PeopleConnect, Inc. uses her name and likeness in its Classmates.com school yearbook database without her consent. Knapke, an Ohio resident, wanted to pursue an individual and class action right of publicity claim against PeopleConnect under Ohio law. Knapke retained an attorney...

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