Ruling in a matter of first impression, New York’s high court dismissed suits filed by Lindsay Lohan and the daughter of ex-mobster Sammy “The Bull” Gravano against the makers of “Grand Theft Auto V,” disagreeing with their claims that characters in the game were intended to be their look-alikes.

But an attorney for one of the plaintiff’s said the New York Court of Appeals’ ruling, brought under a section of New York’s Civil Rights law pertaining to the “right to publicity,” is a partial victory since the panel found the state’s privacy laws can be applied digital avatars of people.