Golan v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
565 U.S. 302 · 2012
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 102 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 104A · 17 U.S.C. § 107 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 201 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 302 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 304 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · Ward v. Rock Against Racism · Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises · Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“derivative works is the right to prohibit others from doing so without permission. 11 The parties agree that the 2002 version of the Egyptian Copyright Law governs here because it was the operative statute at the time of the 2002 Agreement. 12 The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fahmy v. Jay-Z · Fahmy v. Jay-Z“some restriction on expression is the inherent and intended effect of every grant of copyright,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Williams v. Gaye · Williams v. Gaye“strikes a definitional balance between the First Amendment and the Copyright Act.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Williams v. Gaye · Williams v. Gaye
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.