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CEPEDA v. SWIFT & COMPANY

No. 67 C 378(3).

291 F.Supp. 242 (1968)

Orlando CEPEDA, Plaintiff, v. SWIFT & COMPANY and Wilson Sporting Goods Company, a Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, E. D.

August 7, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Healy, and Alan E. Popkin, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff.

Harold A. Thomas, Jr., Fordyce, Mayne, Hartman, Renard & Stribling, St. Louis, Mo., for Swift & Co.

John P. Emde, St. Louis, Mo., for Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REGAN, District Judge.

All parties have filed motions for a summary judgment.1 As appears infra, we sustain defendants' motions and deny plaintiff's.

Orlando Cepeda is a professional baseball player in the celebrity category. He seeks actual and punitive damages for the allegedly "unauthorized use of his name, photograph, reputation and signature" for advertising purposes. The material facts...

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