In re the Claim for Benefits under Article 18 of the Labor Law Made by Todd

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• holding that estate of Ernest Hemingway had no cause of action for “palming off” or “unfair competition” against author of biographical memoir entitled “Papa Hemingway.”
• stating the same in the context of First Amendment retaliation claim related to action taken against plaintiff after she refused to answer officers' questions
• “traffic in the letters of third parties, without their knowledge or consent” is “disreputable business” and an abuse of confidentiality
• “[A]n author has no property right in his ideas unless [they are] given embodiment in a tangible form.”

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