11th Circuit Targets Public Interest in Rosa Parks Case
In an opinion that reads like a biography, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit used Rosa Parks' starring role in the civil rights movement to justify ruling against a nonprofit corporation that owns her name and likeness.
January 05, 2016 at 12:00 PM
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In an opinion that reads like a biography, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit used Rosa Parks' starring role in the civil rights movement to justify ruling against a nonprofit corporation that owns her name and likeness.
The court held that the nonprofit cannot pursue a right of publicity case against Target Corp. over the retailer's selling books, movies and plaques depicting Parks' life.
The opinion said that U.S. District Court Judge W. Keith Watkins of the Middle District of Alabama was correct in deciding the First Amendment shields Target Corp. against a lawsuit filed by the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development.
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