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· 5/27/1970

Leopold v. Levin

Citations

  • 259 N.E.2d 250
  • 45 Ill. 2d 434
  • 1970 Ill. LEXIS 601

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing identity misappropriation as a tort
  • recognizing identity misappropriation as a tort
  • insufficient evidence of actual malice to overcome summary judgment where fictionalized episodes could be “traced in a substantial way” to a recorded source
  • “An interlocutory order may be modified or vacated at any time before final judgment.”
  • interlocutory order may be modified at any time before final judgment
  • interpreting common law privacy tort to avoid First Amendment infirmity

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Judges: Robert W. Bergstom

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