Addington v. Texas

Holding that "the individual's interest in the outcome of a civil commitment proceeding is of such weight and gravity that due process requires the state to justify confinement by proof more substantial than a mere preponderance of the evidence"

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Holding that laches is not a defense to damages for copyright infringement

Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.

Holding that the clear statement rule may be satisfied where "the Act of Congress ... touch[es] a field in which the federal interest is so dominant that the federal system will be assumed to preclude enforcement of state laws on the same subject."

Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

Holding generally that blanket and per-program licenses by ASCAP and BMI were not per se antitrust violations, but rather these licenses, "when attacked, . . . should be subjected to a more discriminating examination under the rule of reason"

Goldstein v. California

Holding that federal copyright law does not preempt state copyright law providing greater protection

Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken

Recognizing that the Copyright Act must be construed in light of its basic purpose "[w]hen technological change has rendered its literal terms ambiguous"

Roy Export Estab. v. Columbia Broadcasting

Finding no preemption where the claims were based on the misappropriation of different works

Internat'l News Serv. v. Asso. Press

Holding that a plaintiff was not barred from seeking injunctive relief due to unclean hands because the defendant had not shown that the plaintiff’s behavior "constitute[d] an unconscientious or inequitable attitude towards its adversary"

Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State

Observing that three alternative student performance criteria were included in choosing the qualifying schools in the successful schools model

Capitol Records v. Naxos

Holding that New York's common-law protection for pre-1972 recordings continues until federal preemption occurs

Section 106 - Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

Granting the owners of copyrights in “literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works” the exclusive right “to display the copyrighted work publicly”

Section 301 - Preemption with respect to other laws

Stating that when "legal or equitable rights ... are equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright ... no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State"

Section 114 - Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings

Applying to a "transmitting entity" that "offers transmissions of visual images contemporaneously with transmissions of sound recordings" as in a cable or internet transmission

Section 303 - Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978

Providing for copyrights in works that are "not theretofore in the public domain"

Section 500.27 - Discretionary proceedings to review certified questions from Federal courts and other courts of last resort

Authorizing the New York Court of Appeals to review certain certified questions

Section 500.1 - General requirements