public-domain

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6425 Cameron Cates v. Jared Shlemovitz, dba Junto Sounds, et al. Second Circuit 2025-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP copyright-law creative-works judicial-interpretation legal-petition procedural-fairness public-domain How is it that, according to the Second Circuit, 'all on the common wellspring that is the creative works draw public domain,'? What good is copyright…
19-8753 Frederick H. Banks v. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2020-06-19 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitution house-of-representatives preamble public-domain standing treaty Whether Adam and Gebhss' Clause in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution gave Petitioner standing to compel the U.S. House of Representatives to revie…
19-204 Paul M. Carrick v. Tamyra Ann Rice, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied california-statehood civil-rights fees homestead-act homestead-act-1862 public-domain settlers state-subsidiary takings Whether California's requirement that settlers pay a fee to secure a homestead on public lands violates the Homestead Act of 1862 and the conditions o…