Golan v. Holder
| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-545 | 10th Cir. | Oct 5, 2011 | Jan 18, 2012 | 6-2 | Ginsburg | OT 2011 |
Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C. serves as counsel to the petitioners in this case.
Holding: Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act does not exceed Congress’s authority under the Copyright Clause.
Judgment: Affirmed, 6-2, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on January 18, 2012. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justice Alito. Justice Kagan did not take part in the consideration or decision of the case.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Opinion recap: The public domain shrinks (Lyle Denniston, January 18, 2012)
- Argument recap: The constitutionality of zombie copyrights (Rebecca Tushnet, October 11, 2011)
- Francis Scott Key* v. James Marshall Hendrix? (Marty Lederman, October 5, 2011)
- Argument preview: Copyright and the public domain (Lyle Denniston, October 4, 2011)
- Academic round-up (Amanda Frost, August 24, 2011)
- A major test of copyright power (Lyle Denniston, March 7, 2011)
Briefs and Documents
Merits Briefs for the Petitioners
Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioners
- Brief for the American Library Association et al.
- Brief for the CATO Institute
- Brief for the Conductors Guild and the Music Library Association
- Brief for the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund
- Brief for Google, Inc.,
- Brief for H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui and Tyler T. Ochoa
- Brief for the Heartland Angels, Inc.,
- Brief for the Justice and Freedom Fund
- Brief for Peter Decherney
- Brief for Professor Daniel J. Gervais
- Brief for Public Domain Interest
- Brief for the ACLU
- Brief for the Information Society Project at Yale
- Brief for Creative Commons
- Brief for Public Knowledge
- Brief for Project Petrucci
Merits Briefs for the Respondent
Amicus Briefs in Support of the Respondent
- Brief for the American Bar Association
- Brief for the American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Brief for the American Society of Composers et al.
- Brief for the Intellectual Property Owners Asociatiation
- Brief for the International Publishers Association et al.
- Brief for the International Coalition for Copyright Protection
- Brief for the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property
- Brief for the Motion Picture Association of America
Certiorari-stage documents
- Opinion below (10th Cir.)
- Petition for certiorari (unavailable)
- Brief in opposition (unavailable)
- Petitioners’ reply
- Amicus brief on behalf of Internet Archive (unavialalbe)
- Amicus brief of the Conductors Guild (unavailable)
