Booth v. Curtis Publishing Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding no right of privacy liability where magazine reprinted in advertisement a photograph originally taken for news piece, “as the reproduction was used to illustrate the quality and content of the periodical in which it originally appeared”
• republication, for “sheer advertising and solicitation” purposes, of newsworthy photograph of an actress is “incidental advertising not conditionally prohibited by the statute”
• use in advertisement for magazine of actress’s photograph that had previously appeared in magazine was not actionable, because “the reproduction was used to illustrate the quality and content of the periodical in which it originally appeared’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Andrea Dworkin Priscilla Moree Judith Fouts v. Hustler Magazine Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-01-24· cited 449×
• Jackie Collins Lerman v. Flynt Distributing Co., Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1984-09-10· cited 153×
• Robert J. Groden v. Random House, Inc., the New York Times Company, Inc., the New York Times Sales, Inc., and Gerald Posner
  Second Circuit· 1995-07-28· cited 132×
• Stephano v. News Group Publications, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-12-20· cited 100×
• Price v. Hal Roach Studios, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1975-06-26· cited 50×
• Brinkley v. Casablancas
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-05-14· cited 50×
• Welch v. Mr. Christmas Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-10-07· cited 49×
• Ali v. Playgirl, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1978-03-03· cited 45×
• Bankers Trust Company v. Publicker Industries, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1981-05-01· cited 43×
• Anderson v. Fisher Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1986-01-07· cited 36×
• Namath v. Sports Illustrated
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1975-07-10· cited 36×
• Grant v. Esquire, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1973-11-28· cited 32×
• Lawrence v. A.S. Abell Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-05-31· cited 32×
• Lerman v. Chuckleberry Publishing, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1982-06-03· cited 22×
• Hoepker v. Kruger
  S.D. New York· 2002-05-03· cited 20×
• Reilly v. Rapperswill Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1975-12-30· cited 17×
• Memphis Development Foundation v. Factors, Etc., Inc.
  W.D. Tennessee· 1977-12-05· cited 16×
• Velez v. VV Publishing Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-01-28· cited 14×
• Costanza v. Seinfeld
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2001-01-04· cited 12×
• Lopez v. Triangle Communications, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1979-10-30· cited 9×