Reference no: EM133472359

Cynthia, a student at UC Berkeley, visited her hometown of Coalinga and, thereafter, wrote "An Ode to Coalinga" and posted it in her online journal at MySpace. Her page included her picture but did not contain her last name. The Ode told of how she despised her hometown and made a number of extremely negative comments about the town and its inhabitants. Six days after publishing her Ode on MySpace, Cynthia decided to remove it from her page. The principal of Coalinga High School, Roger Campbell, saw the Ode and decided to forward Cynthia's Ode to the local newspaper. The local newspaper decided to publish the Ode in its Letters to the Editor section and used Cynthia's full name in connection with it. The community reacted violently to the Ode and Cynthia's family was forced to close its local business and move out of town as a result. Cynthia and her family sued Mr. Campbell and the newspaper alleging that their public disclosure of the Ode violated their right-of-privacy.

1. Find the case on the internet and identify the Plaintiff(s) and Defendant(s) in the case.

2. Read the case and identify the partie(s) that won the case.

3. Identify the privacy tort(s) that were considered to be relevant by the court. [Be specific here as no credit will be given if one simply says "Invasion of Privacy" in response.] 

4. Explain why the Court determined that Cynthia and her family's rights to privacy were or were not violated. No credit will be given for cutting and pasting responses from outside sources.