74 F. Supp. 2d 1 - Eldred v. Reno’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
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Applies 17 U.S.C. § 203 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 304 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 506 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Relies on Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises · Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios Inc · Federal Election Commission v. Akins · District of Columbia v. Air Florida, Inc. · Abraham Pennock v. Adam Dialogue
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there are no First Amendment rights to use the copyrighted works of others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Eldred v. Ashcroft
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.