California Court of Appeal

Sport's league's use of factual data concerning players, their performance statistics, and verbal descriptions and video depictions of their play does not violate the players' right of publicity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/10/2001
• Published 12/10/2001

Judges

• SIMONS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Coudert Brothers, Ronald Katz, William N. Hebert, Jeffrey G. Benz, San Francisco, Counsel for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Martin R. Glick, Daniel B. Asimow, Jeffrey E. Faucette, San Francisco, Peter J. Drobac, Counsel for Defendants and Respondents Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., The PHoenix Communications Group, Inc., and specially appearing for Major League Baseball., Elizabeth W. Scott, Counsel for Defendant and Respondent Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.