Wandt v. Hearst's Chicago American

Wandt v. Hearst's Chicago American,129 Wis. 419, 109 NW 70 (1906), was a Wisconsin Supreme Court case wherein the court ruled that a photographic association could be construed as defamation or libel.

Wandt v. Hearst's Chicago American
Court	Wisconsin Supreme Court
Full case name	Wandt, Respondent, v. Heart's Chicago American, Appellant.
Decided	October 9, 1906 (1906-10-09)
Citation	109 N.W. 70; 129 Wis. 419
Case history
Appealed from	Milwaukee County Circuit Court
Court membership
Judges sitting	John B. Cassoday, John B. Winslow, Roujet D. Marshall, Joshua Eric Dodge, Robert G. Siebecker, James C. Kerwin
Case opinions
Decision by	Winslow
Keywords
Contract law Defamation Libel

The Chicago American ran a picture next to an article about a person who repeatedly attempted suicide. Although it wasn't explicit that the picture was of that person, the location of the picture next to that article created a false association that constituted libel. This case is authority that: where a person's picture is taken by a photographer, there is a breach of an implied contract or relationship of trust when the photographer makes additional pictures and uses them for commercial purposes.^[1]

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