Schnapper v. Foley’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 105 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 111 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 201 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 47 U.S.C. § 309 (Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005) · 5 U.S.C. § 702
Relies on Singleton v. Wulff · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · William Marbury v. James Madison · Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · M'Culloch v. State of Maryland
Most-quoted passages
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“over them, he is hard put to aver that he has been injured by the appellees' supposed failure to disclose. And since his knowledge presumably sets him apart from the class he purports to represent, he is both an unsuitable representative of said class and is once again attempting to assert the interests of unrelated third parties perfectly capable of protecting themselves. We note that he does not seek more information with respect to the various roles of the several appellees in the production of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Schnapper v. Foley“comprised only works privately printed or reproduced but created by government employees as part of their official duties or intended as statements of government policy. 32 Nor is the case of DuPuy v. Post Telegram Co., 210 F. 883 (3d Cir. 1914), dispositive. While the Third Circuit held that no copyright could be had in a work (1) commissioned by the Government and (2) published as an official Government document, the court's ratio decidendi depended solely upon the latter quality:”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Schnapper v. Foley“210 F. at 884. 33 Finally, we do not receive much assistance from United States v. First Trust Company, 251 F.2d 686 (8th Cir. 1958). At issue was the ownership of certain notes prepared by Captain William Clark during the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-05. The Eighth Circuit posed the question it saw as decisive by stating:”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Schnapper v. Foley
How this case has been treated — in progress
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