| No. 22-1078 | |
| Title: | Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Sherman Nealy, et al. |
| Docketed: | May 5, 2023 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-13232) |
| Decision Date: | February 27, 2023 |
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 03 2023 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 5, 2023) |
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| Jun 02 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Krystina L. Cavazos, et al. filed |
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| Jun 05 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Recording Industry Association of America and National Music Publishers’ Association filed. |
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| Jun 05 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Jun 05 2023 | Brief of respondents Sherman Nealy, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Jun 21 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023. |
| Jun 21 2023 | Reply of petitioners Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 29 2023 | Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether, under the discovery accrual rule applied by the circuit courts and the Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U. S. C. §507(b), a copyright plaintiff can recover damages for acts that allegedly occurred more than three years before the filing of a lawsuit. |
| Oct 24 2023 | Motion for an extension of time file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Oct 24 2023 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. |
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| Oct 31 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including November 24, 2023. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 5, 2024. |
| Nov 06 2023 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. |
| Nov 27 2023 | Brief of petitioners Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. filed. |
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| Dec 01 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Tyler T. Ochoa in support of neither party filed. |
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| Dec 01 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Southwestern Law Student Krystina Cavazos, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 01 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Dec 04 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Publishers filed. |
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| Dec 04 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Recording Industry Association of America filed. |
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| Dec 04 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Dec 04 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Authors Alliance, American Library Association an Association of Research Libraries filed. |
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| Dec 04 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of McHale & Slavin, P.A. in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jan 05 2024 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. |
| Jan 05 2024 | Brief of Sherman Nealy, et al. not accepted for filing. (January 09, 2024--Corrected PDF and hard copy served on 1/5/24.) |
| Jan 05 2024 | Brief of respondents Sherman Nealy, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 08 2024 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. |
| Jan 09 2024 | Partial record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER. |
| Jan 10 2024 | Record received from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The record is electronic and is available on PACER. |
| Jan 11 2024 | CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 12 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Former Register of Copyrights Ralph Oman filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 12 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 12 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 12 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 12 2024 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Jan 22 2024 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Feb 05 2024 | Reply of petitioners Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 21 2024 | Argued. For petitioners: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Joe Wesley Earnhardt, New York, N. Y.; and Yaira Dubin, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| May 09 2024 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 10 2024 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Kannon K. Shanmugam Counsel of Record | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 2001 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 KSHANMUGAM@PAULWEISS.COM | (202) 223-7300 |
| Party name: Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Joe Wesley Earnhardt Counsel of Record | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 WEarnhardt@cravath.com | 2124741000 |
| Party name: Sherman Nealy, et al. | ||
| Chelsea Ann Lewis | Lewis Law PLLC 8201 Peters Road, Suite 1000 Plantation, FL 33324 chelsea@lewislawesq.com | 954-869-8456 |
| Party name: Sherman Nealy, et al. | ||
| Robert Allen Rosenberg | The KLK Law Firm (Of Counsel) 8751 W Broward Blvd Ste. 105 Plantation, FL 33324 grebnesor1942@gmail.com | 9545404713 |
| Party name: Sherman Nealy, et al. | ||
| Antony L. Ryan | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 aryan@cravath.com | 212-474-1296 |
| Party name: Sherman Nealy, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Michael Barclay | Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 michael@eff.org | 4154369333 |
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Authors Alliance, American Library Association an Association of Research Libraries | ||
| Nicole Bergstrom Counsel of Record | Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC 28 Liberty Street, 35th Floor New York, NY 10005 nbergstrom@fkks.com | (212) 980-0120 |
| Party name: Association of American Publishers | ||
| Scott Alan Burroughs Counsel of Record | Doniger / Burroughs 247 Water Street First Floor New York, NY 10038 SCOTT@DONIGERLAWFIRM.COM | 310-590-1820 |
| Party name: National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers | ||
| Benjamin Hans Diessel Counsel of Record | Wiggin and Dana LLP One Century Tower, 265 Church Street New Haven, CT 06510 bdiessel@wiggin.com | 203-498-4304 |
| Party name: The Authors Guild, Inc., The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, The Graphic Artists Guild, The Romance Writers of America, The Songwriters Guild of America, Inc. and the Textbook & Academic Authors Association | ||
| Michael Meredith Epstein Counsel of Record | Amicus Project at Southwestern Law School 3050 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010 amicusproject@swlaw.edu | 2137386774 |
| Party name: Southwestern Law Student Krystina Cavazos, Brynn Bodair, Orly avid, Robert C. Lind, and Michael Epstein | ||
| Elaine Janet Goldenberg Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 500E Washington, DC 20001-5369 ELAINE.GOLDENBERG@MTO.COM | 202-220-1114 |
| Party name: Recording Industry Association of America and National Music Publishers’ Association | ||
| Vincent Gregory Levy Counsel of Record | Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 VLEVY@HSGLLP.COM | (646) 837-5151 |
| Party name: Former Register of Copyrights Ralph Oman | ||
| Andrew David Lockton Counsel of Record | McHale & Slavin, P.A. 2855 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 alockton@mchaleslavin.com | 561-625-6575 |
| Party name: McHale & Slavin, P.A. | ||
| Tyler Trent Ochoa Counsel of Record | Santa Clara University School of Law 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 ttochoa@scu.edu | 4085542765 |
| Party name: Tyler T. Ochoa | ||
| Benjamin James Siders Counsel of Record | Lewis Rice LLC 600 Washington Avenue Suite 2500, MO 63101 bsiders@lewisrice.com | 314-444-7805 |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Mitchell Leff Stoltz Counsel of Record | Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy St San Francisco, CA 94109 mitch@eff.org | 415-436-9333 |
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Authors Alliance, American Library Association an Association of Research Libraries | ||
| Adam G. Unikowsky Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 AUNIKOWSKY@JENNER.COM | 202-639-6000 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||