Charisma Hudson v. Datanyze, LLC

Type

Opinion

Author

Andre Bernard Mathis

Filed

Jan. 13, 2025

Case

Charisma Hudson v. Datanyze, LLC

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0014n.06 Case No. 23-3998 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED ) Jan 13, 2025 CHARISMA HUDSON and BRIAN ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk SCHAEFER, Ohio citizens, individually and as ) the representatives of a class of similarly ) situated persons, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR v. ) THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ) OHIO DATANYZE, LLC, a Delaware limited ) liability company, ) OPINION Defendant-Appellee. ) ) Before: SILER, GRIFFIN, and MATHIS, Circuit Judges. MATHIS, Circuit Judge. Datanyze, LLC created digital profiles of over 100 million individuals, including Plaintiffs Charisma Hudson and Brian Schaefer. Datanyze then allowed their prospective customers to access the profiles, including Plaintiffs’, via a free trial to its online database. Plaintiffs brought a putative class action asserting that Datanyze violated their publicity rights under Ohio law by using their identities to solicit paid subscriptions to its database. The district court dismissed Plaintiffs’ complaint. We affirm. I. Datanyze operates a digital database for users in sales, marketing, and recruiting to sear…

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