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TITAN SPORTS, INC. v. COMICS WORLD CORP.

No. 87 CIV. 0178 (PKL).

690 F.Supp. 1315 (1988)

TITAN SPORTS, INC., Plaintiff, v. COMICS WORLD CORPORATION, Comics World Corporation (U.S.A.), Comics World, Inc., Starlog Group, Inc., O'Quinn Studios, Inc., Kerry O'Quinn and Norman Jacobs, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz, P.C. (Edward H. Rosenthal, of counsel), New York City, for plaintiff.

Perles, Albert & Beale (David A. Beale, of counsel), New York City, for defendants.

OPINION & ORDER

LEISURE, District Judge:

This case involves the extent of coverage of section 51 of the New York Civil Rights Law1 as it relates to the publication of large-sized photographs or "magazine posters" depicting professional wrestlers, without the consent of the wrestlers or the owners of the rights to use their names and likenesses in any and all media.2 Plaintiff, the owner of the...

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