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| Prostitute tried for murder and found not guilty in 1918. movie made about her called the Red Kimono. Movie revieled her background a decade later. she sued the producer and won in California trial court. |
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| Sidis v. F-R Publishing (1940) |
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| child prodigy. went into seclusion in his later life. an article called "Where are they now?" was published by the New Yorker. article described him as living in poverty. Sidis sued the magazine but lost because he was famous earlier in life. |
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| Virgil v. Sports Illustrated (1967) |
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| Sports Illustrated publishe an article on surfer Mike Virgil with his consent saying that he ate cigarettes and dove head first down stairs. Virgil wanted to withdraw consent. court ruled in favor of the magazine because of its newsworthiness and they had his consent. |
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| Diaz v. Oakland Tribune (1983) |
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| Toni Diaz had a sex change and became the first female student body president at local college. Oakland Tribune published facts of sex change which led to a private facts lawsuit. Court ruled in favor of Diaz stating that her sex change was not related to her role on campus. |
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| Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing (1984) |
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| Oliver Sipple stopped woman from assassinating president Gerald Ford. San Francisco Chronicle published that he was gay. this was news to his family. Sipple sued. court ruled in favor of news paper because they supported the public domain defense, ruling that many people already knew he was gay. |
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1) The information is truthful
2) The information is part of the public record
3) The information was legally obtained |
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