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...Publicity that puts the plaintiff in a false public light...
...Misappropriation of the plaintiff's name or likeness...
...latter three torts often conflict with the constitutional rights of free speech and press, but in the Hambergers' case, the applicable tort of intrusion requires only "the invasion of something secret, secluded or private pertaining to the plaintiff." As for bugged bedrooms, ruled Kenison, "this is the type of intrusion that would be offensive to any person of ordinary sensibilities...
Sugar Ray claimed the large round sum on the ground that Winchell's pufflicity implied "intimate dealings with gamblers, that plaintiff had been engaged in gambling orgies and that he was heavily indebted to various gamblers, shady characters and persons of ill repute." The item, he said, had caused him "great pain and mental anguish," and had held him up "to contempt and reproach...
...network, Defense Lawyer Yves Perisse scornfully declared that Plaintiff Bousgarbiès (who saw the show in a restaurant) did not even own a TV set, had not paid a TV tax, and thus had no right to complain of being "psychically traumatized." Not only is it perfectly legitimate to satirize historic figures, said Perisse, but the Toulouse court lacked jurisdiction over a show originating in Paris. Equally scornful, Bousgarbiès' lawyer, Georges Boyer, replied that the Code Napoleon entitles every Frenchman to bring suit in his own city. And Boyer solemnly added: "There is no statute...