County of Suffolk New York v. First American Real Estate Solutions Experian Information Solutions Inc Trw Redi Property Data’s Empirical Analysis
261 F.3d 179 · 2001
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. · Ratzlaf et Ux United States · New York Times Company v. United States · Negron v. United States · Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“overall manner in which [the author] selected, coordinated, and arranged the expressive elements in its map, including color, to depict the map's factual content”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n no proper sense can the judge who, in his judicial capacity, prepares the opinion or decision, the statement of the case, and the syllabus, or head-note, be regarded as their author or their proprietor...Judges, as is well understood, receive from the public treasury a stated annual salary, fixed by law, and can themselves have no pecuniary interest or proprietorship, as against the public at large, in the fruits of their judicial labors... The whole work done by the judges constitutes the authentic exposition and interpretation of the law, which, binding every citizen, is free for publication to all.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Works of state governments are therefore left available for copyright protection by the state or the individual author, depending on state law and policy, and subject to exceptions dictated by public policy....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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