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The Supreme Court was the source of a number of concepts in the field, including fair use, the idea-expression divide, the useful articles or separability doctrine, and the uncopyrightability of federal documents. This list is a list solely of United States Supreme Court decisions about applying copyright law.
New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the First Amendment right to freedom of the press. The ruling made it possible for The New York Times and The Washington Post newspapers to publish the then- classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government ...
The 2007 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2007, and concluded September 30, 2008. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.
First Amendment and defamation—narrowing New York Times v. Sullivan: United States v. Nixon: 418 U.S. 683 (1974) Judicial review, executive privilege, separation of powers Milliken v. Bradley: 418 U.S. 717 (1974) Segregation, busing Taylor v. Louisiana: 419 U.S. 522 (1975) Women cannot be excluded from a jury pool, overturning Hoyt v. Florida ...
Supreme Court of the United States 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Established March 4, 1789 ; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Composition method Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation Authorised by ...
Court historians and other legal scholars consider each chief justice who presides over the Supreme Court of the United States to be the head of an era of the Court. [1] These lists are sorted chronologically by chief justice and include most major cases decided by the court.
The following is a complete list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court organized by volume of the United States Reports in which they appear. This is a list of volumes of U.S. Reports, and the links point to the contents of each individual volume. Each volume was edited by one of the Reporters of Decisions of the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction to review the purely administrative decision of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to itself refuse jurisdiction over an appeal from the Commissioner of Patents under the Act of 1920. U.S. Printing & Lithograph Co. v. Griggs, Cooper & Co. 279 U.S. 156 1929 Substantive