Ray v. ESPN, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
783 F.3d 1140 · 2015
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 102 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 106 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises · Baltimore Orioles, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Players Ass'n · Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises · National Basketball Ass'n v. Motorola, Inc. · National Car Rental System, Inc. v. Computer Associates International, Inc.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the work at issue is within the subject matter of copyright as defined in § 102 and 103 of the Copyright Act, and (2) the state law created right is equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright as specified in § 106 [of the Copyright Act].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Generally, tortious interference claims (with contract or prospective economic advantage) are held to be preempted because the rights asserted in such claims are not qualitatively different from the rights protected by copyright.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“contention that his claim for interference with prospective economic advantage is uniquely beyond the preemptive scope of the Copyright Act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.