58 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,664 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a civil-rights plaintiff can recover attorney's fees for claims that "involve a common core of facts or will be based on related legal theories," even if only one of those claims arises under a fee-shifting statute
  2. Pennhurst State School Hosp. v. Halderman

    465 U.S. 89 (1984)   Cited 13,525 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sovereign immunity prohibits federal courts from "instruct[ing] state officials on how to conform their conduct to state law"
  3. Ebay Inc. v. Mercexchange, L. L. C.

    547 U.S. 388 (2006)   Cited 3,820 times   130 Legal Analyses
    Holding that traditional four-factor test applies to injunctions against patent infringement
  4. Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Service Co.

    499 U.S. 340 (1991)   Cited 3,381 times   44 Legal Analyses
    Holding "it is beyond dispute that compilations of facts are within the subject matter of copyright" even though "copyright protects only the author's original contributions—not the facts or information conveyed"
  5. Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.

    510 U.S. 517 (1994)   Cited 2,835 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Holding that under the Copyright Act fee-shifting statute, 17 U.S.C. § 505, defendants and plaintiffs are to be treated the same, contrary to the Court's interpretation of § 1988
  6. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises

    471 U.S. 539 (1985)   Cited 1,217 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that if a new work "supersede the use of the original," it is probably not a fair use
  7. Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, Inc.

    464 U.S. 417 (1984)   Cited 970 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding identical copying of videotapes under unique circumstances of case “[did] not have its ordinary effect of militating against a finding of fair use”
  8. Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

    510 U.S. 569 (1994)   Cited 633 times   71 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[i]t was error for the Court of Appeals to conclude that the commercial nature of [a secondary work] rendered it presumptively unfair”
  9. Ex Parte Young

    209 U.S. 123 (1908)   Cited 10,882 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that federal courts may enjoin state officials to conform their conduct to federal law
  10. Waste Management Holdings, Inc. v. Gilmore

    252 F.3d 316 (4th Cir. 2001)   Cited 683 times
    Holding that motions to strike are "generally viewed with disfavor because striking a portion of a pleading is a drastic remedy
  11. Rule 30 - Depositions by Oral Examination

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 30   Cited 16,197 times   128 Legal Analyses
    Upholding a district court's decision not to consider the plaintiff's deposition errata sheets in opposition to a motion for summary judgment when they were untimely
  12. Section 505 - Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney's fees

    17 U.S.C. § 505   Cited 2,983 times   70 Legal Analyses
    Granting the district court discretion to award attorney's fees to the prevailing party in copyright cases
  13. Section 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

    17 U.S.C. § 107   Cited 1,016 times   177 Legal Analyses
    Designating “criticism” and “comment” as fair use
  14. Section 20-3-31 - General powers

    Ga. Code § 20-3-31   Cited 7 times

    The board of regents shall have power: (1) To make such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary for the performance of its duties; (2) To elect or appoint professors, educators, stewards, or any other officers necessary for all of the schools in the university system, as may be authorized by the General Assembly; to discontinue or remove them as the good of the system or any of its schools or institutions or stations may require; and to fix their compensations; (3) To establish all such