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· 12/20/1955

Fairfield v. American Photocopy Equipment Co.

Citations

  • 138 Cal. App. 2d 82
  • 291 P.2d 194
  • 1955 Cal. App. LEXIS 1288

How courts have described this case

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

  • condemning right of publicity exploitation as “one of the most flagrant and common means of invasion of privacy”
  • “The fact that damages resulting from an invasion of the right to privacy cannot be measured by a pecuniary standard is not a bar to recovery.”
  • “The motives of a person charged ... are not material with respect to the determination of whether there is a right of action ... Inadvertence or mistake is no defense where the publication does in fact refer to the plaintiff in such a manner as to violate his right of privacy”

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Judges: Vallee

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