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.
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