George Downing v. Abercrombie & Fitch

265 F.3d 994 (9th Cir. 2001) GEORGE DOWNING, AN INDIVIDUAL; PAUL STRAUCH, AN INDIVIDUAL; RICK STEERE, AN INDIVIDUAL; RICHARD BUFFALO KEAULANA, AN INDIVIDUAL; BEN AIPA, AN INDIVIDUAL; MIKE DOYLE, AN INDIVIDUAL; JOEY CABELL, AN INDIVIDUAL, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH, AN OHIO CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. Nos. 00-55363, 00-55834 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted March 7, 2001 Filed September 13, 2001 1 [Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted] 2 Brent H. Blakely, Manhattan Beach, California, for the appellants. 3 Joel McCabe Smith and David Aronoff, Leopold, Petrich & Smith, P.C., Los Angeles, California, for the appellee. 4 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding D.C. No. CV-99-04612-MLR 5 Before: Procter Hug, Jr. and Betty B. Fletcher, Circuit Judges, and Samuel P. King, District Judge. * Hug, Circuit Judge Opinion by Judge Hug 6 Appellants brought this diversity action against Abercrombie and Fitch ("Abercrombie") for publishing a photograph of them,…