United States Ninth Circuit

The court affirmed dismissal of plaintiff actor's claims alleging infringement of his right of publicity, spawned from defendant's alleged unauthorized publication of plaintiff's image as "the Terminator", because the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/30/2004
• Published 06/30/2004

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge., Before:  KLEINFELD, WARDLAW, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Martin D. Singer and Charles J. Harder, Lavely & Singer, Los Angeles, CA;  James C. Martin and Denise M. Howell (argued) and Benjamin G. Shatz, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roy G. Weatherup (argued), Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, J. Alan Warfield and Maureen Haight Gee, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, LLP, Los Angeles, CA;  and Larry J. Brock, Pollard, Archer, Cranert, Googooian & Stevens, Pasadena, CA, for the appellee.