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Richard R. Finch v. Harry Wayne Casey, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-10554 · judgment July 25, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
This case presents a question of national significance regarding the interplay between the Copyright Act's statute of limitations provision and its termination of transfer provision. 17 U.S.C. §507(b); 17 U.S.C. §203(a)(3). The question presented is: • Whether a time-barred assertion of sole authorship status by one co-author may, under the discovery accrual rule, form the basis for a statute of limitations affirmative defense against the other co-author's action for declaratory relief under 17 U.S.C. §203. This question of significant precedential value is also ripe for review due to the Court's recent granting of a petition for writ of certiorari in Nealy v. Warner Chappell Music, Inc., 60 F.4th 1325 (11th Cir. 2023), cert. granted, 2023 WL 6319656 (Mem) (U.S. September 29, 2023) (No. 22-1078).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David P. Reiner II
Reiner & Reiner, P.A.
For respondent
Franklin L. Zemel
Saul Ewing
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 08 2024Petition DENIED.
- Dec 06 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
- Dec 01 2023Reply of petitioner Richard R. Finch filed.
- Nov 17 2023Brief of respondents Harry Wayne Casey, et al. in opposition filed.
- Oct 23 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 24, 2023)