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30 S. Cal. L. Rev. 280 (1956-1957)
Public Celebrity v. Scandal Magazine--The Celebrity's Right to Privacy

handle is hein.journals/scal30 and id is 288 raw text is: [Vol. 30 PUBLIC CELEBRITY v. SCANDAL MAGAZINE- THE CELEBRITY'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY Irwin 0. Spiegel* Is the right to privacy the possession of mediocrity alone, which a person forfeits by giving rein to his ability, spurs to his industry, or grandeur to his character? Parker, C. J. Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co. 171 N.Y. 538, 556,64 N.E. 442,447 (1902) The press is overstepping in every direction the obvious bounds of propriety and of decency. Gossip is no longer the resource of the idle and of the vicious, but has become a trade, which is pursued with industry as well as effrontery. To satisfy a prurient taste the details of sexual rela- tions are spread broadcast in the columns of the daily papdrs. To occupy the indolent, column upon column is filled with idle gossip, which can only be procured by intrusion upon the domestice circle. Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis The Right to Privacy, 4 HARv. L REv. 193, 196 (1890) [Als to certain matters the individual feels and knows that he has a right to exercise the liberty of privacy, and that he has a right to resent any invasion of this liberty, and, if the law will not protect him against inva- sion, the individual will, to protect himself and those to whom he owes protection, use those weapons with which nature has provided him.... Thus the peace and good order of society would be disturbed by each individual becoming a law unto himself to determine when and under what circumstances he should avenge the outrage which has been per- petrated upon him or a member of his family. Cobb, J. Pavesich v. New England Life Ins. Co. 122 Ga. 190, 212, 50 S.E. 68,77 (1905) TRAPPER'S STORY OF HOW HE SHOT PUBLISHER OF 'CONFIDENTIAL' IN JUNGLE 'I never had any intention of hurting Harrison, although I was sore because of the story in the magazine,' Weldy told reporters. 'The story' in the current issue of Confidential concerns Weldy and his former wife, Peruvian beauty Pilar Palette, and the purported circum- stances of her meeting and marriage with Movie Actor John Wayne. Harrison, 51, was wounded by a blast from Weldy's shotgun while the two were arguing heatedly over the article in the expose magazine. Los Angeles Times Sept. 6, 1956, p.1 -AX., 1950, LLB., 1953, LL.M., 1957, University of Southern California. Assistant Professor of Law, University of Southern California.

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