Wandt v. Hearst's Chicago American
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| Wandt v. Hearst's Chicago American | |
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| Court | Wisconsin Supreme Court |
| Full case name | Wandt, Respondent, v. Heart's Chicago American, Appellant. |
| Decided | October 9, 1906 |
| Citation | 109 N.W. 70; 129 Wis. 419 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | Milwaukee County Circuit Court |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | John B. Cassoday, John B. Winslow, Roujet D. Marshall, Joshua Eric Dodge, Robert G. Siebecker, James C. Kerwin |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Winslow |
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Wandt v. Hearst's Chicago American,129 Wis. 419, 109 NW 70 (1906), was a Wisconsin Supreme Court case wherein the court ruled that a photographic association could be construed as defamation or libel.
The Chicago American ran a picture next to an article about a person who repeatedly attempted suicide. Although it wasn't explicit that the picture was of that person, the location of the picture next to that article created a false association that constituted libel. This case is authority that: where a person's picture is taken by a photographer, there is a breach of an implied contract or relationship of trust when the photographer makes additional pictures and uses them for commercial purposes.[1]
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