Golan v. Holder
Holding
Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act does not exceed Congress"s authority under the Copy"right Clause.
Judgment
Affirmed, 6-2, in an opinion by Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Jan 18, 2012. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justice Alito. Justice Kagan did not take part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Merits Briefs for the Petitioners
Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioners
- Brief for the American Library Association et al.
- Brief for the CATO Institute
- Brief for the Conductors Guild and the Music Library Association
- Brief for the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund
- Brief for Google, Inc.,
- Brief for H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui and Tyler T. Ochoa
- Brief for the Heartland Angels, Inc.,
- Brief for the Justice and Freedom Fund
- Brief for Peter Decherney
- Brief for Professor Daniel J. Gervais
- Brief for Public Domain Interest
- Brief for the ACLU
- Brief for the Information Society Project at Yale
- Brief for Creative Commons
- Brief for Public Knowledge
- Brief for Project Petrucci
Merits Briefs for the Respondent
Amicus Briefs in Support of the Respondent
- Brief for the American Bar Association
- Brief for the American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Brief for the American Society of Composers et “al.
- Brief for the Intellectual Property Owners Asociatiation
- Brief for the International Publishers Association et al.
- Brief for the International Coalition for Copyright Protection
- Brief for the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property
- Brief for the Motion Picture Association of America
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- Petition for certiorari (unavailable)
- Brief in opposition (unavailable)
- Petitioners’ reply
- Amicus brief on behalf of Internet Archive (unavialalbe)
- Amicus brief of the Conductors Guild (unavailable)
Recommended Citation: Golan v. Holder, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/golan-v-holder/