Uhlaender v. Henricksen
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
316 F. Supp. 1277 (1970)
- Written by Sarah Hoffman, JD
Facts
Theodore Otto Uhlaender (plaintiff) was a professional baseball player. Keith and Kent Henricksen (defendants) owned a company called Negamco that published tabletop games based on baseball that included the names and game statistics for more than 500 major league baseball players. Uhlaender filed suit against the Henricksens and Negamco on behalf of himself and other similarly situated professional baseball players. Uhlaender claimed that the Henricksens and Negamco had misappropriated the names of the major league baseball players for profit and without paying royalties. The Henricksens and Negamco argued that Uhlaender’s cause of action should be considered an invasion-of-right-of-privacy claim and that Uhlaender’s case must therefore fail because the names and statistics were not used in a demeaning or offensive manner, all the information used was public knowledge, and the game provided publicity for the baseball players.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Neville, J.)
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