Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-571	Jan 8, 2019	Mar 4, 2019	9-0	Ginsburg	OT 2018

Holding: Registration occurs, and a copyright claimant may commence an infringement suit, when the Copyright Office registers a copyright.

Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on March 4, 2019.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: A copyright owner cant sue for infringement before the Register has processed its copyright registration application (Jessica Litman, March 4, 2019)
A view from the courtroom: Third Mondays (Mark Walsh, March 4, 2019)
Argument analysis: Justices wade deep into the copyright weeds (Jessica Litman, January 9, 2019)
Argument preview: When has registration of a copyright claim been made? (Jessica Litman, January 3, 2019)
Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, November 16, 2017)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/04/2017	Application (17A150) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 16, 2017 to October 13, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.
08/07/2017	Application (17A150) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until October 13, 2017.
10/13/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 15, 2017)
10/13/2017	Waiver of right of respondents Wall-Street.com, LLC, et al. to respond filed.
11/01/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2017.
11/02/2017	Response Requested. (Due December 4, 2017)
11/28/2017	Brief of respondents Wall-Street.com, LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
12/13/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
12/13/2017	Reply of petitioner Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation filed. (Distributed)
01/08/2018	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
05/16/2018	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
06/05/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
06/05/2018	Supplemental brief of petitioner Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. filed. (Distributed)
06/27/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2018.
06/28/2018	Petition GRANTED.
07/23/2018	Motion for an extension of time filed.
07/24/2018	Blanket Consent received from counsel of record for Petitioner, Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation filed.
07/24/2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp.
07/25/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Wall-Street.com, LLC, et al.
07/27/2018	Motion to extend the time to file the opening briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2018. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 11, 2018.
08/24/2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
08/27/2018	Brief of petitioner Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. filed.
09/04/2018	Brief amici curiae of National Music Publishers' Association, et al. filed.
09/04/2018	Brief amicus curiae of The Copyright Alliance filed.
09/04/2018	Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
09/04/2018	Brief amici curiae of Authors Guild and Other Artists' Rights Organizations filed.
09/04/2018	Brief amicus curiae of The International Trademark Association filed.
10/11/2018	Brief of respondents Wall-Street.com, LLC, et al. filed.
10/18/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
10/18/2018	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
10/18/2018	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
10/18/2018	Brief amici curiae of Authors and Educators filed.
10/18/2018	Brief amici curiae of Public Knowledge, et al. filed.
10/26/2018	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
11/13/2018	Reply of petitioner Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. filed.
11/28/2018	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 8, 2019
11/30/2018	CIRCULATED
12/11/2018	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
12/13/2018	Record received from the U.S.D.C. Southern Dist. of Florida Fort Lauderdale Division is electronic and complete.
12/17/2018	Record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
01/08/2019	Argued. For petitioner: Aaron M. Panner, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Peter K. Stris, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Jonathan Y. Ellis, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
03/04/2019	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
04/05/2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.