McFarland v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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

• 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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Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lighthouse Institute for Evangelism, Inc. v. City of Long Branch
  Third Circuit· 2007-11-27· cited 126×
• Hart v. Electronic Arts, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2013-05-21· cited 49×
• William M. Sonny Landham v. Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-09-18· cited 48×
• Gignilliat v. Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, L.L.P.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-10-12· cited 36×
• Boyes v. Greenwich Boat Works, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 1998-11-20· cited 27×
• In Re Cendant Corp. Securities Litigation
  D. New Jersey· 2001-04-16· cited 20×
• Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. v. Capece
  S.D. Texas· 1996-12-30· cited 11×
• McFARLAND v. MILLER
  Third Circuit· 1994-01-25· cited 9×
• Pesina v. Midway Manufacturing Co.
  N.D. Illinois· 1996-12-09· cited 7×
• Montgomery v. Montgomery
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-11-21· cited 5×
• Hart v. Electronic Arts, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2011-09-09· cited 5×
• Stanton v. RICH BAKER BERMAN & CO., PA
  D. New Jersey· 1995-01-30· cited 4×
• Score Board, Inc. v. Upper Deck Co.
  D. New Jersey· 1997-03-10· cited 4×
• Greene v. Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-08-11· cited 4×
• Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. v. Clark Entertainment Group, Inc. (In Re Clark Entertainment Group, Inc.)
  D. New Jersey· 1995-06-08· cited 2×
• Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Nelson
  D. New Jersey· 1998-07-16· cited 2×
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem v. General Motors LLC
  C.D. California· 2012-03-16· cited 2×
• Lighthouse Inst v. Long Branch
  Third Circuit· 2007-11-27

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Van Dusen v. Barrack
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-30· cited 3,077×
• Goodman v. Mead Johnson & Co.
  Third Circuit· 1976-04-02· cited 852×
• Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-28· cited 426×
• Veazey v. Doremus
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1986-07-10· cited 173×
• Mellon Bank Corporation and Mellon Bank, N.A., in No. 90-3712 v. First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments, in No. 90-3790
  First Circuit· 1991-12-19· cited 154×
• Haelan Laboratories, Inc. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1953-03-20· cited 127×
• Liberda v. City of Live Oak
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 125×
• Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
  California Supreme Court· 1979-12-03· cited 114×
• Vanna White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a New York Corporation, and David Deutsch Associates, Inc., a New York Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-08-19· cited 105×
• Stroehmann Bakeries, Inc. v. Local 776, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  Third Circuit· 1992-06-29· cited 98×
• Estate of Presley v. Russen
  D. New Jersey· 1981-04-16· cited 97×
• Shields, Arnett L. v. Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1987-01-29· cited 86×
• Henry v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1975-01-22· cited 83×
• Albert Ettore v. Philco Television Broadcasting Corporation, Clayton, Inc. & Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, Consolidated
  Third Circuit· 1956-03-03· cited 82×
• Lothar Motschenbacher v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a Corporation, and William Esty Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-06-06· cited 70×
• Bette Midler v. Ford Motor Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Young & Rubicam Inc., a New York Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-22· cited 67×
• Bisbee v. John C. Conover Agency
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1982-10-20· cited 62×
• Price v. Hal Roach Studios, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1975-06-26· cited 50×
• Canessa v. Kislak, Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1967-10-19· cited 49×

Other cases named McFarland v. Miller

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• McFARLAND v. MILLER
  Third Circuit· 1994-01-25· cited 9×