United States Sixth Circuit

Use of plaintiffs' fictionalized likenesses in a work protected by the First Amendment and the advertising incidental to such uses did not give rise to a claim for relief under Michigan's right of publicity law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/08/2001
• Decided 09/28/2001
• Published 09/28/2001

Judges

• Before SUHRHEINRICH and SILER, Circuit Judges;  HOOD, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregory J. Reed (argued and briefed), Gregory J. Reed & Associates, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Herschel P. Fink (argued and briefed), Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for Defendants-Appellees Suzanne dePasse, Otis Williams, “ Temptations” and Shelly Burger., Gregory M. Kopacz (briefed), Dykema Gossett PLLC, Bloomfield, Hills, MI, for Defendants-Appellees National Broadcasting Co., David Picker and Hallmark Entertainment.