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Eldred Vs. Ashcroft

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Oct 09, 2002

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  1. New York Trust Co. Vs. Eisner US Supreme Court · May 16, 1921
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  2. Stewart Vs. Abend US Supreme Court · Apr 24, 1990
  3. Mazer Vs. Stein US Supreme Court · Mar 08, 1954
  4. Brenner Vs. Manson US Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1966
  5. Mcclurg Vs. Kingsland US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1843
  6. ins Vs. Chadha US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1983
  7. City of Boerne Vs. Flores US Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1997
  8. U.S. 186 (2002) October Term, 2002 Syllabus Eldred Et Al. V. Ashcroft
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  9. The District of Columbia Circuit affirmed. In that court's unanimous view, Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation
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  10. by contemporaries of the Constitution's formation merited almost conclusive weight under Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony
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  11. U. S. 53 , 57. As early as McClurg v. Kingsland
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  12. that this Court has been similarly deferential to Congress' judgment regarding copyright. E. g., Sony Corp. of America v. Universal
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  13. incorrectly relies on Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural
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  14. protection is gained, but also for any renewal or extension legislated during that time. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel
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  15. Co., 376 U. S. 225 , 229, and Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder
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  16. Graham v. John
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  17. thereby affords considerable latitude for scholarship and comment, id., at 560, and even for parody, see Campbell v. Acuff-Rose
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  18. B). Finally, petitioners' reliance on Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC
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  19. Circuit affirmed. 239 F.3d 372 (2001). In that court's unanimous view, Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation
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  20. Id., at 377-378. Circuit precedent, Schnapper v. Foley
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  21. weight. Ibid. (quoting Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony
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  22. U. S. 53 , 57 (1884)). As early as McClurg v. Kingsland
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  23. similarly deferential to the judgment of Congress in the realm of copyright. Ibid. (citing Sony Corp. of America v. Universal
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  24. Congress retained that approach in subsequent statutes. See Stewart v. Abend
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  25. in the early days, for example, by Chief Justice Marshall and Justice Story sitting as circuit justices. See Evans v. Jordan
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  26. Blanchard v. Sprague
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  27. see also Evans v. Robinson
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  28. of existing patents.8 McClurg v. 7 JUSTICE STEVENS would sweep away these decisions, asserting that Graham v. John
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  29. on Congress' power to enlarge a patent's duration. 8 JUSTICE STEVENS recites words from Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel
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  30. approach he presents is plain. Cf. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett
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  31. reviewwith its presumptions favoring constitutionality-is 'a paradigm of judicial restraint.''' (quoting FCC v. Beach
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  32. see Sony Corp. of America v. Universal
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  33. involved in drafting and studying proposed legislation.''' Garcia v. United
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  34. States, 469 U. S. 70 , 76 (1984) (quoting Zuber v. Allen
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  35. argument draws on Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural
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  36. is generally for Congress, not the courts, to decide how best to pursue the Copyright Clause's objectives. See Stewart v. Abend
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  37. American Geophysical Union v. Texaco
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  38. Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony
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  39. Myers v. United
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  40. see Mazer v. Stein
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  41. held unconstitutional in INS v. Chadha
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  42. same position as a matter of unbroken practice. See Brief for Respondent 31-32. Neither Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel
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  43. Co., 376 U. S. 225 (1964), nor Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder
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  44. references to a quid pro quo typically appear in the patent context. See, e. g., J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer
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  45. quoting Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron
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  46. Pennock v. Dialogue
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  47. Alfred Bell & Co. v. Catalda
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  48. of the Fourteenth Amendment. See, e. g., City of Boerne v. Flores
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  49. Harper & Row, 471 U. S., at 560, and even for parody, see Campbell v. Acuff-Rose
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  50. the case petitioners principally rely upon for their First Amendment argument, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC
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