9 Misc. 2d 329 - Cardy v. Maxwell’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
February 1988
most recently cited
4 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Roberson v. . Rochester Folding Box Co. · Hauser v. Bartow · Binns v. Vitagraph Co. of America
Most-quoted passages
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“Sections 50 and 51 of the Civil Rights Law were, as their language clearly indicates, designed to prevent commercial exploitation of a person’s name, portrait or picture. Had the Legislature intended to prohibit unauthorized use of a person’s name or picture for purposes of all gain, it could easily have so provided. The statute was obviously aimed at exploitation for purposes of commerce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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