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Redmond v. Columbia Pictures Corporation

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 12, 1938
277 N.Y. 707 (N.Y. 1938)

Summary

In Redmond v. Columbia Pictures Corp., 277 N.Y. 707, 14 N.E.2d 636 (1938), plaintiff, a professional golfer, had been photographed for newsreel purposes to which no objection was made.

Summary of this case from Mendonsa v. Time Inc.

Opinion

Argued March 9, 1938

Decided April 12, 1938

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.

Louis D. Frohlich, Herman Finkelstein and Irving Moross for appellant.

William Weisman, Norman Laidhold, Bernard Krosney and Bernard L. Baskin for respondent.


Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, O'BRIEN, HUBBS, LOUGHRAN, FINCH and RIPPEY, JJ.


Summaries of

Redmond v. Columbia Pictures Corporation

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 12, 1938
277 N.Y. 707 (N.Y. 1938)

In Redmond v. Columbia Pictures Corp., 277 N.Y. 707, 14 N.E.2d 636 (1938), plaintiff, a professional golfer, had been photographed for newsreel purposes to which no objection was made.

Summary of this case from Mendonsa v. Time Inc.

In Redmond v. Columbia Pictures Corp. (277 N.Y. 707), for example, plaintiff, a professional golfer and trick shot artist, gave, without compensation, a private exhibition of trick shots for the Fox Movietone News. Fox exhibited the film as part of a newsreel.

Summary of this case from Gautier v. Pro-Football, Inc.
Case details for

Redmond v. Columbia Pictures Corporation

Case Details

Full title:JACK REDMOND, Respondent, v. COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Apr 12, 1938

Citations

277 N.Y. 707 (N.Y. 1938)
14 N.E.2d 636

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