No. 22-1078
Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. v. Sherman Nealy, et al.
Amici (15)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: 17-usc-507-b civil-action civil-actions copyright copyright-act copyright-law judicial-review retrospective-relief statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
Copyright
Copyright
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U.S.C. 507(b), precludes retrospective relief for acts that occurred more than three years before the filing of a lawsuit
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Copyright Act’s statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U.S.C. 507(b), precludes retrospective relief for acts that occurred more than three years before the filing of a lawsuit. (1)
Docket Entries
2024-06-10
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2024-05-09
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1078_4gci.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined.
2024-02-21
Argued. For petitioners: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Joe Wesley Earnhardt, New York, N. Y.; and Yaira Dubin, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
2024-02-05
Reply of petitioners Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-22
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
2024-01-12
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-12
Brief amicus curiae of Former Register of Copyrights Ralph Oman filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-12
Brief amici curiae of The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-12
Brief amicus curiae of National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-12
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
2024-01-11
CIRCULATED.
2024-01-10
Record received from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-01-09
Partial record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-01-08
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
2024-01-05
Brief of respondents Sherman Nealy, et al. filed.
2024-01-05
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
2023-12-04
Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Authors Alliance, American Library Association an Association of Research Libraries filed.
2023-12-04
Brief amicus curiae of McHale & Slavin, P.A. in support of neither party filed.
2023-12-04
Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
2023-12-04
Brief amicus curiae of Recording Industry Association of America filed.
2023-12-04
Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Publishers filed.
2023-12-01
Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
2023-12-01
Brief amici curiae of Southwestern Law Student Krystina Cavazos, et al. filed.
2023-12-01
Brief amicus curiae of Tyler T. Ochoa in support of neither party filed.
2023-11-27
Brief of petitioners Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. filed.
2023-11-06
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
2023-10-31
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including November 24, 2023. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 5, 2024.
2023-10-24
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al.
2023-10-24
Motion for an extension of time file the briefs on the merits filed.
2023-09-29
Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether, under the discovery accrual rule applied by the circuit courts and the Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U. S. C. §507(b), a copyright plaintiff can recover damages for acts that allegedly occurred more than three years before the filing of a lawsuit.
2023-06-21
Reply of petitioners Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-06-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-05
Brief of respondents Sherman Nealy, et al. in opposition filed.
2023-06-05
Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
2023-06-05
Brief amici curiae of Recording Industry Association of America and National Music Publishers’ Association filed.
2023-06-02
Brief amici curiae of Krystina L. Cavazos, et al. filed
2023-05-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 5, 2023)
Attorneys
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Benjamin James Siders — Lewis Rice LLC, Amicus
Benjamin James Siders — Lewis Rice LLC, Amicus
Association of American Publishers
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Adam G. Unikowsky — Jenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Adam G. Unikowsky — Jenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Authors Alliance, American Library Association an Association of Research Libraries
Former Register of Copyrights Ralph Oman
McHale & Slavin, P.A.
Andrew David Lockton — McHale & Slavin, P.A., Amicus
Andrew David Lockton — McHale & Slavin, P.A., Amicus
National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers
Scott Alan Burroughs — Doniger / Burroughs, Amicus
Scott Alan Burroughs — Doniger / Burroughs, Amicus
Recording Industry Association of America and National Music Publishers’ Association
Sherman Nealy, et al.
Joe Wesley Earnhardt — Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Respondent
Joe Wesley Earnhardt — Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Respondent
Antony L. Ryan — Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Respondent
Antony L. Ryan — Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Respondent
Chelsea Ann Lewis — Lewis Law PLLC, Respondent
Chelsea Ann Lewis — Lewis Law PLLC, Respondent
Robert Allen Rosenberg — The KLK Law Firm (Of Counsel), Respondent
Robert Allen Rosenberg — The KLK Law Firm (Of Counsel), Respondent
Southwestern Law Student Krystina Cavazos, Brynn Bodair, Orly avid, Robert C. Lind, and Michael Epstein
The Authors Guild, Inc., The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, The Graphic Artists Guild, The Romance Writers of America, The Songwriters Guild of America, Inc. and the Textbook & Academic Authors Association
Benjamin Hans Diessel — Wiggin and Dana LLP, Amicus
Benjamin Hans Diessel — Wiggin and Dana LLP, Amicus
Tyler T. Ochoa
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Amicus
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Amicus
Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al.