Brown v. Ames

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that right of publicity claims are not barred by implied preemption because they pose no risk of “undermin[ing] the copyright system”
• defendant record company misappropriated “the names and likenesses” of “individual blues musicians, songwriters, [and] music producers” on company’s CDs, tapes, catalogs, and posters
• “Since appellees’ misappropriation claims neither fall within the subject matter of copyright nor conflict with the purposes and objectives of the Copyright Act, the claims were not preempted.”
• discussing a common law right of publicity in Texas

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Cited by

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

• Doe v. MySpace, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-05-16· cited 534×
• Downing v. Abercrombie & Fitch
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-09-13· cited 189×
• Debra Laws v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., D/B/A Epic Records, a Delaware Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-05-24· cited 106×
• Carson v. Dynegy, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-27· cited 79×
• Estate of Acuff v. O'Linger
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-04-11· cited 65×
• Melendez v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2022-10-04· cited 65×
• Patrick Maloney v. T3media, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-04-05· cited 62×
• Lifemark Hospitals, Inc. v. Liljeberg Enterprises, Inc. (In Re Liljeberg Enterprises, Inc.)
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-08-28· cited 60×
• June Toney v. L'OreaL Usa, Inc., the Wella Corporation, and Wella Personal Care of North America, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-06-21· cited 49×
• Jennings v. Owens
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-04-05· cited 39×
• Greater Houston Small Taxicab Co. Owners Ass'n v. City of Houston
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-10-10· cited 37×
• George G. Rodrigue, Jr. And Richard Steiner v. Veronica Hidalgo Rodrigue
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-07-07· cited 37×
• Chamberlain Ex Rel. Chamberlain v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-02-18· cited 20×
• Steve Ray v. ESPN, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-04-22· cited 16×
• In re CTLI, LLC
  S.D. Texas· 2015-04-03· cited 12×
• Price v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-03-16· cited 8×
• Akeem Daniels, Cameron Stingily, and Nicholas Stoner v. FanDuel, Inc. and DraftKings, Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2018-10-24· cited 8×
• Seifer v. PHE, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2002-03-19· cited 7×
• Estate of Barré v. Carter
  E.D. Louisiana· 2017-07-25· cited 7×
• Dryer v. National Football League
  D. Minnesota· 2014-10-10· cited 6×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hines v. Davidowitz
  Supreme Court· 1941-01-20· cited 2,711×
• Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-11· cited 1,181×
• Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 612×
• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 566×
• Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-28· cited 426×
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in Its Corporate Capacity v. Gus S. Mijalis, and Gus S. Mijalis
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-05-02· cited 308×
• Goldstein v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-18· cited 302×
• Tom Waits v. Frito-Lay, Inc. Tracy-Locke, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-10-22· cited 205×
• Pebble Beach Co. v. Tour 18 I Ltd.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-10-02· cited 153×
• Daboub v. Gibbons
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-01-12· cited 123×
• Baltimore Orioles, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Players Ass'n
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-10-29· cited 119×
• Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
  California Supreme Court· 1979-12-03· cited 114×
• Ham Marine, Inc. v. Dresser Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-12-21· cited 82×
• Harris County, Texas v. Carmax Auto Superstores Inc
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-05-26· cited 77×
• Joseph Davis Farrar and Dale Lawson Farrar v. Clarence D. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-04-08· cited 73×
• Bette Midler v. Ford Motor Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Young & Rubicam Inc., a New York Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-22· cited 67×
• Butler Aviation International, Inc. v. Whyte (In Re Fairchild Aircraft Corp.)
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-11-17· cited 51×
• Brinkley v. Casablancas
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-05-14· cited 50×
• Matthews v. Wozencraft
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-03-03· cited 48×
• Fleet v. CBS, INC.
  California Court of Appeal· 1996-11-26· cited 46×

Other cases named Brown v. Ames

6 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Brown v. Ames
  D. Minnesota· 1972-04-18· cited 15×
• Brown v. Ames
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1894-12-21· cited 11×
• Brown v. Ames
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-01-10· cited 9×
• Brown v. Ames
  D. Minnesota· 1972-02-24· cited 3×
• Brown v. Ames
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-03-23
• Brown v. Ames
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1811-07-01