Kunz Construction Co. v. United States

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• reversing summary judgment against George McFarland, who played “Spanky” in Our Gang, in suit against owner of the restaurant “Spanky McFarland’s”
• noting that the right is worthless without an association
• adopting J. Mosk’s Lugosi concurrence and holding that “[w]here an actor’s screen persona becomes so associated with him that it becomes inseparable from the actor’s own public image, the actor obtains an interest in the image”
• “friends and family members in a position to 15 observe a claimant's symptoms and daily activities are competent to testify as to 16 [his] condition.”
• “The right of publicity signifies the right of an individual, especially a public figure or a celebrity, to control the commercial value and exploitation of his name and picture or likeness … .”
• “Generally, an order denying a motion for summary judgment is not appealable”

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