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694 F.3d 1294 · 2012

Citation profile

cited by 80 later decisions

April 2025

most recently cited

11 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Relationships

Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 302 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 408 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 410 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 411 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 636

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · United States v. Williams · Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union

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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“[a] genuine factual dispute exists only if a reasonable fact-finder 'could find, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the [non-movant] is entitled to a verdict [in its favor].'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Baranowski v. Geico Gen. Ins. Co. · Luria v. ADP, Inc. (In re Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortg. Corp.)
“may affirm the judgment of the district court on any ground supported by the record, regardless of whether that ground was relied upon or even considered by the district court.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Williams v. Warden · Smelter v. S. Home Care Servs. Inc.
“[N]o civil action for infringement of the copyright in any United States work shall be instituted until preregistration or registration o'f the copyright claim has been made in accordance with this .title. In any case, however, where the deposit, application, and fee required for registration have been delivered to the Copyright Office in proper form and registration has been refused, the applicant is entitled to institute a civil action for infringement if notice thereof, with a copy of the complaint, is served on the Register of Copyrights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC · 131 F. Supp. 3d 1291 - GlobalOptions Services, Inc. v. North American Training Group, Inc.

How this case has been treated — in progress

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