Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
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Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 572 U.S. 663 (2014), is a United States Supreme Court copyright decision in which the Court held 6-3 that the equitable defense of laches is not available to copyright defendants in claims for damages.
Quick Facts Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., Argued January 21, 2014 Decided May 19, 2014 ...
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. | |
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Argued January 21, 2014 Decided May 19, 2014 | |
Full case name | Paula Petrella, Petitioner v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., et al. |
Docket no. | 12-1315 |
Citations | 572 U.S. 663 (more) 134 S. Ct. 1962; 188 L. Ed. 2d 979; 110 U.S.P.Q.2d 1605 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 695 F.3d 946 (9th Cir. 2012), cert. granted, 570 U.S. 948 (2013). |
Holding | |
Reversed and remanded. Laches cannot be invoked as a bar to a pursuit of a claim for damages brought within the three-year window provided by 17 U.S.C. § 507(b). Because laches is an equitable doctrine, it can have no role in determining the timeliness of an action for damages. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan |
Dissent | Breyer, joined by Roberts, Kennedy |
Laws applied | |
Copyright Act of 1976 |
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