State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell
538 U.S. 408 (2003) Cited 2,691 times 51 Legal AnalysesHolding that an award of $145 million in punitive damages on a $1 million compensatory verdict violated due process
BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
517 U.S. 559 (1996) Cited 2,868 times 43 Legal AnalysesHolding that a $2 million punitive damages award was "grossly excessive" and therefore exceeded the constitutional limit
Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.
523 U.S. 340 (1998) Cited 446 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that the Seventh Amendment includes a right to a jury determination of statutory damages under § 504(c) of the Copyright Act, but not addressing the fact that the Act limits damages to amounts between $500 and $20,000
Bennis v. Michigan
516 U.S. 442 (1996) Cited 310 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[t]he government may not be required to compensate an owner for property which [the government] has ... lawfully acquired under the exercise of governmental authority other than the power of eminent domain"
Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts
344 U.S. 228 (1952) Cited 444 timesHolding that whether trial court's "discretionary resort to estimation of statutory damages is just should be determined by taking into account ... the difficulties in the way of proof of either" actual damages or lost profits and that "[l]ack of adequate proof on either element would warrant resort to the statute in the discretion of the court."
Columbia Pictures v. Krypton Broadcasting
259 F.3d 1186 (9th Cir. 2001) Cited 267 timesHolding that district court properly applied these factors when evaluating fee request by prevailing plaintiff in copyright action
Harmon v. Brucker
355 U.S. 579 (1958) Cited 224 timesHolding that district court has "power to construe the statutes involved to determine whether the [Secretary of the Army] did exceed his powers," and that if he did, "judicial relief from this illegality would be available"
Parker v. Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P.
331 F.3d 13 (2d Cir. 2003) Cited 177 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding class certification should be assessed at the time of a hearing conducted after a certification motion has been filed
U.S. v. Allen
406 F.3d 940 (8th Cir. 2005) Cited 113 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that the Fifth Amendment requires the indictment in prosecutions under the Act to include a mens rea factor
Zomba Enterprises v. Panorama Records
491 F.3d 574 (6th Cir. 2007) Cited 98 timesHolding "we may review such [copyright statutory damages] awards under St. Louis,I.M. S. Ry. Co. v. Williams, to ensure they comport with due process"
Rule 59 - New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 Cited 43,715 times 67 Legal AnalysesAllowing a party to move to alter or amend a judgment "no later than 28 days after the entry of the judgment"
Section 504 - Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits
17 U.S.C. § 504 Cited 3,616 times 56 Legal AnalysesHolding that a copyright infringer may be liable for "the copyright owner's actual damages and any additional profits of the infringer"
Section 501 - Infringement of copyright
17 U.S.C. § 501 Cited 3,188 times 28 Legal AnalysesGranting a cause of action to "[t]he legal or beneficial owner of an exclusive right under a copyright"
Section 412 - Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement
17 U.S.C. § 412 Cited 641 times 23 Legal AnalysesProhibiting statutory damages and attorney's fees if the work is not registered before infringement commences, or within three months of the work's first publication
Rule 5.1 - Constitutional Challenge to a Statute-Notice, Certification, and Intervention
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.1 Cited 623 times 5 Legal AnalysesPermitting the state attorney general to intervene when a party files a paper "drawing into question the constitutionality" of a state statute