Golden Door, Inc. v. Anver Odisho, Dba Golden Door
Opinion
Opinion
Nielsen, J.
The district court in this case has published a thorough and thoughtful memorandum opinion, Golden Door v. Odisho, 437 F.Supp. 956 (1977). That opinion recites the facts presented below, which in pertinent part were as follows:
Plaintiff operates the Golden Door, a health and beauty spa at Escondido, California. No guests are accepted for less than a week during which time they are given strenuous physical conditioning, a diet, and beauty counseling. Hair-styling services are a part of the beauty counseling and each guest spends about one hour per day on this phase of the program. The spa employs seven licensed cosmetologists, representing 8% of the staff.
Plaintiff’s spa has received extensive coverage in the news media. The opening of the Golden Door in 1959 was accompanied by wide publicity in California newspapers. Since then articles about the spa have appeared in San Francisco Bay Area newspapers and in several national magazines. Mrs. Mazzanti, the founder and president of Golden Door, Inc., has appeared both in person and on television on behalf of the spa. The Golden Door has also been mentioned in books and in a Broadway play.