New York Court of Appeals

Abigail M. Roberson, an Infant, by Margaret E. Bell, Her Guardian Ad Litem, Respondent v. the Rochester Folding Box…

June 27, 1902171 N.Y. 538

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division, holding that the complaint did not state a cause of action at law or in equity because no actionable right of privacy exists, and remanded for amendment. A dissent argued that a privacy right should be recognized and an injunction granted.