Case Name: Jack Delinger, Respondent, v. American News Company et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1958-10-07
Citations: 6 A.D.2d 1027
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jack Delinger, Respondent, v. American News Company et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 1027–1027

Head Matter:
(October 7, 1958)
Jack Delinger, Respondent, v. American News Company et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
Order denying defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint for insufficiency unanimously modified on the law so as to dismiss the second cause of action, and otherwise affirmed, without costs. Defendants wrote, published and distributed a magazine article illustrated by a photograph of plaintiff, a physical training instructor, as a candidate for the title of "Mr. Universe — 1956". The text of the article contained a discussion in general terms of the relationship between muscular development and virility. Such publication cannot be deemed an actionable use for trade or advertising under sections 50 and 51 of the Civil Rights Law (Dallesandro v. Holt & Co., 4 A D 2d 470; Siegel v. Esquire, Inc., 4 A D 2d 477; Oma v. Hillman Periodicals, 281 App. Div. 240). Settle order. Concur — Botein, P. J., Breitel, Rabin, M. M. Frank and Stevens, JJ.