Opinion ID: 445101
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Right of Privacy

Text: 12 Because Brewer had already published the photograph, the district court found that he had failed to state a cause of action for violation of his right of privacy. We agree. See Gill v. Hearst Publishing Co., 40 Cal.2d 224, 253 P.2d 441, 444-51 (1953); Smith v. National Broadcasting Co., 138 Cal.App.2d 807, 292 P.2d 600, 603 (1957). Brewer also contends that his right to privacy was violated by publication of the photograph in a sexually explicit magazine. This argument is without merit because Brewer had no right to choose the forum in which his photograph was displayed. See Ann-Margret v. High Society Magazine, Inc., 498 F.Supp. 401, 405-06 (S.D.N.Y.1980).