Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States
Cases that cite this one
43 later published cases cite this decision. The 23 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Cohen v. United States (United States Court of Federal Claims 2011)
- Whether Government Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials is a Noninfringing "Fair Use" (United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel 1999)
- Basic Books, Inc. v. Kinko's Graphics Corp. (District Court, S.D. New York 1991)
- Eloise Toby Marcus v. Shirley Rowley and San Diego Unified School District (9th Cir. 1983)
- Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Sony Corp. of America (9th Cir. 1981)
- Keep Thomson Governor Committee v. Citizens for Gallen Committee (District Court, D. New Hampshire 1978)
- Princeton University Press, MacMillan Inc., and St. Martin's Press, Inc. v. Michigan Document Services, Inc., and James M. Smith (6th Cir. 1996)
- American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc. (2d Cir. 1994)
- American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc. (2d Cir. 1994)
- American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc. (District Court, S.D. New York 1992)
- Atari, Inc. v. Js & a Group, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 1984)
- Triangle Publications, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation v. Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc., a Florida Corporation (5th Cir. 1980)
- New York Times Co. v. Roxbury Data Interface, Inc. (District Court, D. New Jersey 1977)
- Gaylord v. United States (United States Court of Federal Claims 2011)
- Walton v. United States (United States Court of Federal Claims 2008)
- Clean Flicks of Colorado, LLC v. Soderbergh (United States District Court for the District of Colorado 2006)
- In re Independent Service Organizations Antitrust Litigation (District Court, D. Kansas 2000)
- In re Indep. Serv. Organizations Antitrust Lit. (District Court, D. Kansas 2000)
- Creative Copier Services v. Xerox Corp. (District Court, D. Kansas 2000)
- RT Computer Graphics, Inc. v. United States (United States Court of Federal Claims 1999)
- Higgins v. Detroit Education Television Foundation (District Court, E.D. Michigan 1998)
- Association of American Medical Colleges v. Carey (District Court, N.D. New York 1990)
- Steve Altman Photography v. United States (Court of Claims 1989)
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Opinion
WILLIAMS & WILKINS CO
v.
UNITED STATES.
Supreme Court of United States.
Alan Latman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Arthur J. Greenbaum and Martin F. Richman.
Solicitor General Bork argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Hills, Harriet S. Shapiro, and William G. Kanter.[*]
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN took no part in the decision of this case.
NOTES
[*] Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Arthur B. Hanson and William J. Butler, Jr., for the American Chemical Society; by Robert B. Washburn for the American Society for Testing and Materials et al.; by Joseph Calderon for the American Guild of Authors and Composers et al.; by Charles H. Lieb for the Association of American Publishers, Inc., et al.; by Irwin Karp for the Authors League of America, Inc.; by Paul G. Zurkowski for the Information Industry Assn.; by Alfred H. Wasserstrom for the Magazine Publishers Assn., Inc.; and by the Associated Councils of the Arts.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by William D. North, Ronald L. Engel, and James M. Amend for the American Library Assn. and the Special Libraries Assn.; by Philip B. Brown, Stephen C. Lieberman, and John P. Furman for the Association of Research Libraries et al.; and by Harry N. Rosenfield for the National Education Assn.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.