Rentmeester v. Nike Inc.

Petition for certiorari denied on March 25, 2019

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-728	9th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2018

Issue: Whether copyright protection for a photograph is limited solely to the photographer"s "selection and arrangement" of unprotected elements, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held below, or whether it also covers elements of the photograph that express original, creative judgments by the photographer, as held by the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 1st, 2nd and 11th Circuits.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/25/2018	Application (18A328) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 4, 2018 to December 3, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
10/03/2018	Application (18A328) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 3, 2018.
12/03/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)
12/11/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2019 to February 6, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
12/12/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2019.
01/02/2019	Amicus brief of National Press Photographers Association not accepted for filing. (January 03, 2019)(Corrected version submitted)
01/02/2019	Brief amici curiae of The American Society of Media Photographers, Inc., et al. filed.
01/07/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Terry S. Kogan filed.
01/07/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Digital Justice Foundation filed.
02/06/2019	Brief of respondent Nike, Inc. in opposition filed.
02/20/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
02/20/2019	Reply of petitioner Jacobus Rentmeester filed. (Distributed)
03/18/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
03/25/2019	Petition DENIED.