Secured Summary Judgement in Right of Publicity Action Involving “Secretariat”

Represented Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures in a right of publicity and copyright action against the estate of late horse-racing announcer Charles “Chic” Anderson arising from the motion picture Secretariat. The court granted declaratory judgement in favor of Loeb’s client, noting that defendants had “no discernible right of publicity” and no cause of action under copyright law.