Dorothy Ruth Pirone, Julia Ruth Stevens, Babe Ruth League, Incorporated and Curtis Management Group, Incorporated v. MacMillan Incorporated

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1990-01-29

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IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge: For almost a century and a half, baseball has been central to our common American heritage. The “National Pastime” has become a part of the national character and, to an extent, it belongs to all of us. Baseball’s great players are public icons. But, to varying degrees, their names and pictures are also valuable commodities owned by persons anxi…

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