United States v. Mead Corp.
533 U.S. 218 (2001) Cited 2,617 times 41 Legal AnalysesHolding that a Customs classification ruling "has no claim to judicial deference under Chevron " but can "claim respect according to its persuasiveness"
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Service Co.
499 U.S. 340 (1991) Cited 3,470 times 45 Legal AnalysesHolding "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"
Dynegy Mktg. v. Multiut Corp..
648 F.3d 506 (7th Cir. 2011) Cited 279 timesHolding that alleged "best price" contract is too vague to constitute a legally enforceable contract term
Kelley v. Chicago Park Dist
635 F.3d 290 (7th Cir. 2011) Cited 38 times 10 Legal AnalysesQuestioning Phillips's limitation on the public presentation exception and discussing why the public presentation exception may be applicable to art that integrates its location as one of its elements
United Air Lines, Inc. v. ALG, Inc.
916 F. Supp. 793 (N.D. Ill. 1996) Cited 53 timesFinding that such provisions are an "attempt by market participants to allocate risks and opportunities."
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Electrolux Home Prods., Inc.
840 F. Supp. 2d 1072 (N.D. Ill. 2012) Cited 25 timesIndicating that discoverable “factual” information includes material that the expert “considered”—i.e., was provided or otherwise exposed to in the course of developing his or her opinions—rather than just the narrower spectrum of material that the expert “relied upon”
Cleveland Hair Clinic, Inc. v. Puig
200 F.3d 1063 (7th Cir. 2000) Cited 37 timesUpholding district court sanctioning attorney for, inter alia, failing to disclose relevant information
Morris v. Business Concepts, Inc.
283 F.3d 502 (2d Cir. 2002) Cited 33 times 1 Legal AnalysesDenying rehearing and clarifying previous opinion
Batjac Prod. Inc. v. Goodtimes Home Video
160 F.3d 1223 (9th Cir. 1998) Cited 32 timesHolding that, to the extent copyrightable material in an unpublished work "is incorporated" in a published derivative work based thereon and actually becomes a "component" thereof, it will be considered published by the later work
Natkin v. Winfrey
111 F. Supp. 2d 1003 (N.D. Ill. 2000) Cited 26 timesHolding that plaintiffs' claim of tortious interference was not preempted because plaintiffs alleged that defendants refused to provide the photographic negatives which plaintiffs needed to negotiate a book deal and that this allegation extends beyond rights under the Copyright Act
Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Cited 97,825 times 674 Legal AnalysesAdopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
Rule 37 - Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 Cited 47,073 times 326 Legal AnalysesHolding that a party may be barred from using a witness if it fails to disclose the witness
Rule 54 - Judgment; Costs
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54 Cited 42,087 times 144 Legal AnalysesHolding party seeking fees may additionally seek "nontaxable expenses"
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 202.5 - Reconsideration Procedure for Refusals to Register
37 C.F.R. § 202.5 Cited 6 times 2 Legal Analyses(a)General. This section prescribes rules pertaining to procedures for administrative review of the Copyright Office's refusal to register a claim to copyright, a mask work, or a vessel design upon a finding by the Office that the application for registration does not satisfy the legal requirements of title 17 of the United States Code. If an applicant's initial claim is refused, the applicant is entitled to request that the initial refusal to register be reconsidered. (b)First reconsideration. Upon