Hannah's Holiday Foods Inc (HHF) operated a slaughterhouse where it killed, butchered, and packaged exotic animals, including
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Hannah's Holiday Foods Inc (HHF) operated a slaughterhouse where it killed, butchered, and packaged "exotic" animals, including rabbits and possums. HHF's business was fully licensed and entirely legal. An unknown animal rights group nevertheless believed that the public would be horrified to learn about the conditions under which the animals were killed. It therefore sneaked onto the premises one night and installed video surveillance cameras. The end product was a film showing rabbits in great distress before being slaughtered. That film was then delivered to a national television station, which announced its intention to broadcast the footage during its nightly news program. HHF has now gone to court and asked a judge to grant an injunction prohibiting the broadcast. While admitting that the television station acquired the film innocently, HHF insists that the film violates its right to privacy and almost certainly will hurt its business. Assuming that an injunction will be available if HHF can persuade the judge that there is, or should be, a right to privacy in private law, explain how you expect the case will be decided.
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Managing the Law The Legal Aspects of Doing Business
ISBN: 978-0133847154
5th edition
Authors: Mitchell McInnes, Ian R. Kerr, J. Anthony VanDuzer