11 F. Supp. 2d 444 - Scanlon v. Kessler’s Empirical Analysis
1998
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Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 410 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 504 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 505 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. · City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corp. · Rogers v. Koons · Novelty Textile Mills, Inc. v. Joan Fabrics Corp. · Eckes III v. Card Prices Update
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In any civil action under this title, the court in its discretion may allow the recovery of full costs by or against any party- The court may also award a reasonable attorney s fee to the prevailing party as part of the costs” 17 U.S.C. § 505 . 2 . Although plaintiff introduced Certificates of Registration for six photographs at trial, plaintiff only pursued infringement claims on two photographs,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Scanlon v. Kessler“indicated an intention not to violate Scanlon’s rights in the future”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Scanlon v. Kessler
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.