No. 10-545
Title:
Lawrence Golan, et al., Petitioners
v.
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al.
Docketed:October 26, 2010
Linked with 10A202
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(09-1234, 09-1261)
  Decision Date:June 21, 2010
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 19 2010 Application (10A202) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 19, 2010 to October 20, 2010, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Aug 24 2010 Application (10A202) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until October 20, 2010.
Oct 20 2010 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2010)
Nov 16 2010 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 27, 2010.
Nov 24 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Conductors Guild filed.
Nov 26 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Internet Archive filed.
Dec 14 2010 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including January 18, 2011.
Jan 18 2011 Brief of respondents Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al in opposition filed.
Jan 27 2011 Reply of petitioners Lawrence Golan, et al. filed.
Feb 2 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 18, 2011.
Feb 22 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 25, 2011.
Feb 28 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2011.
Mar 7 2011 Petition GRANTED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Mar 24 2011 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 13, 2011.
Mar 24 2011 The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 3, 2011.
Apr 20 2011 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
May 19 2011 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Jun 13 2011 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is further extended to and including June 14, 2011.
Jun 13 2011 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Jun 14 2011 Brief of petitioners Lawrence Golan, et al. filed.
Jun 17 2011 Brief amici curiae of H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui and Tyler T. Ochoa filed.
Jun 17 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
Jun 17 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Daniel J. Gervais filed.
Jun 17 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Public Knowledge filed.
Jun 20 2011 Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
Jun 20 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Peter Decherney filed.
Jun 20 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Heartland Angels, Inc. filed.
Jun 20 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Creative Commons Corporation filed.
Jun 20 2011 Brief amici curiae of Public Domain Interests filed.
Jun 20 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund filed.
Jun 20 2011 Brief amici curiae of Information Society Project at Yale Law School Professors and Fellows filed.
Jun 20 2011 Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union filed.
Jun 21 2011 Brief amici curiae of Conductors Guild and the Music Library Association filed.
Jun 21 2011 Brief amici curiae of American Library Association, et al. filed.
Jun 21 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Google, Inc. filed.
Jun 21 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Project Petrucci, LLC filed.
Jul 15 2011 CIRCULATED.
Jul 19 2011 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 5, 2011.
Aug 3 2011 Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al filed. (Distributed)
Aug 4 2011 Brief amici curiae of International Publishers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 9 2011 Brief amicus curiae of International Coalition for Copyright Protection filed. (Distributed)
Aug 10 2011 Brief amici curiae of American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 10 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. (Distributed)
Aug 10 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Motion Picture Association of America filed. (Distributed)
Aug 10 2011 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)
Aug 10 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property filed. (Distributed)
Aug 10 2011 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)
Aug 10 2011 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 10th Circuit. (1 box)
Aug 31 2011 Reply of petitioners Lawrence Golan, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 14 2011 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Distrit of Colorado. (2 boxes)
Oct 5 2011 Argued. For petitioners: Anthony T. Falzone, Stanford, Ca. For respondents: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jan 18 2012 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined. Kagan, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Feb 21 2012 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 7 2012 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for Tenth Circuit.
Jun 7 2012 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for District of Colorado.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Anthony T. Falzone Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society(650)-736-9050
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-8610
falzone@stanford.edu
Party name: Lawrence Golan, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al
Other:
Michael William Carroll Washington Colleg of Law, American University(202)-274-4047
4801 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20016
mcarroll@wcl.american.edu
Party name: Peter Decherney Heartland Angels, Inc
 
Aden J. Fine ACLU Foundation(212)-549-2693
125 Broad Street 18th Floor
New York, NY  10004
afine@aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union
 
Alan C. Friedberg Pendleton, Friedberg, Wilson & Hennessey, P.C.(303) 839-1204
1875 Lawrence Street Tenth Floor
Denver, CO  80202
afriedberg@penberg.com
Party name: Professor Daniel J. Gervais
 
David T. Goldberg Donahue & Goldberg, LLP(212) 334-8813
99 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY  10013
david@donahuegoldberg.com
Party name: Google, Inc.
 
Steven A. Hirsch Keker & Van Nest, LLP(415) 391-5400
710 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA  94111
shirsch@kvn.com
Party name: Conductors Guild
 
James L. Hirsen 505 S. Villa Real Drive(714) 283-8880
Suite 208
Anaheim Hills, CA  92807
hirsen@earthlink.net
Party name: Justice and Freedom Fund
 
J. Michael Jakes Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP(202) 408-4000
901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20001-4413
mike.jakes@finnegan.com
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association
 
Lawrence Lessig Creative Commons(650) 294-4732
444 Castro Street, Suite 900
Mountain View, CA  94041
lessig@creativecommons.org
Party name: Creative Commons Corporation
 
Eric M. Lieberman Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C.(212) 254-1111
45 Broadway, Suite 1700
New York, NY  10006
elieberman@rbskl.com
Party name: International Coalition for Copyright Protection
 
Ann Marie McCrackin University of New Hampshire School of Law(603) 228-1541
Two White Street
Concord, NH  03301
mccrackin@law.unh.edu
Party name: Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property
 
Corynne McSherry Electronic Frontier Foundation(415)-436-9333
454 Shotwell Street
San Francisco, CA  94110
corynne@eff.org
Party name: Internet Archive
 
Christopher A. Mohr Meyer Klipper & Mohr PLLC(202) 637-0850
923 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
chrismohr@mkmdc.com
Party name: American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, et al.
 
Charles Nesson 1525 Massachusetts Ave.(617) 495-4609
Griswold 501
Cambridge, MA
nesson@law.harvard.edu
Party name: Project Petrucci, LLC
 
Tyler Trent Ochoa Santa Clara Law School(408) 554-2765
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA  95053
ttochoa@scu.edu
Party name: H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui and Tyler T. Ochoa
 
Gloria C. Phares Paterson Belknap Webb & Tyler(212) 336-2000
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036
gcphares@pbwt.com
Party name: International Publishers Association, et al.
 
Edward R. Reines Weil, Gotschal & Manges LLP(650) 802-3000
201 Redwood Shores Parkway
Fifth Floor
Redwood Shores, CA  94065
edward.reines@weil.com
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association
 
William T. Robinson III. President(312) 988-5000
American Bar Association
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60654-7598
abapresident@americanbar.org
Party name: American Bar Association
 
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz 600 New Jersey Avenue NW (202) 662-4245
Washington, DC  20001
nqr@law.georgetown.edu
Party name: Cato Institute
 
Andrew L. Schlafly 939 Old Chester Road(908) 719-8608
Far Hills, NJ  07931
aschlafly@aol.com
Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
 
Priscilla J. Smith Information Society Project(718) 399-9241
Yale Law School
319 Sterling Place
Brooklyn, NY  11238
priscilla.smith@yale.edu
Party name: Information Society Project at Yale Law School Professors and Fellows
 
Gigi B. Sohn Public Knowledge(202) 518-0020
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC  20009
gbsohn@publicknowledge.org
Party name: Public Knowledge
 
Jennifer Marie Urban UC-Berkeley School of Law(510)-642-7338
585 Simon Hall
Berkeley, CA  94720
jurban@law.berkeley.edu
Party name: Public Domain Interests
 
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Motion Picture Association of America