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· 9/23/1969

Orlando Cepeda v. Swift and Company, a Corporation, and Wilson Sporting Goods Company, a Corporation

Citations

  • 415 F.2d 1205
  • 1969 U.S. App. LEXIS 10687

How courts have described this case

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  • expressly stating that the sole issue presented on appeal was whether the defendants breached the terms of contract which authorized only limited use of the plaintiff-athlete’s name and likeness
  • baseball star’s right of publicity assignable in its entirety

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Judges: Van Oosterhout, Mehaffy, Gibson

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