Kellman
Kellman v. Spokeo, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AVIVA KELLMAN, et al., Case No. 21-cv-08976-WHO
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REGARDING CLASS
v. CERTIFICATION
SPOKEO, INC., Defendant.
12 Defendant Spokeo, Inc., (“Spokeo”) runs a website that collects consumer and public data from various public sources and private vendors, associates that data with particular names, and publishes it online. The plaintiffs here are Aviva Kellman, Jason Fry, Nicholas Newell, Susan Gledhill Stephens, and William Williams V. They assert that their statutory rights of publicity and common law rights regarding misappropriation of name and likeness were and are being violated by Spokeo’s publication of their personal information. They seek class certification against Spokeo for four classes of people in California and Ohio. For the following reasons, the motion is granted. BACKGROUND A. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Much of the relevant case background was discussed in detail in my prior…