Amicus Briefs Archive
This page provides an archive of many of the briefs submitted in copyright (and related) cases that the United States Government participated in as a non-party amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) or intervenor. The Office will periodically update this archive with additional briefs.
Last updated August 2022
United States Supreme Court
- Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, No. 22-1078 (2024)
- Andy Warhol Found. for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith, No. 21-869 (2022)
- Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P., No. 20-915 (2021)
- Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., No. 18-956 (2020)
- Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 140 S. Ct. 520 (2019)
- Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., 139 S. Ct. 2746 (2019)
- Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc., 139 S. Ct. 873 (2019)
- Fourth Estate Pub. Ben. Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, 139 S. Ct. 881 (2019)
- Fourth Estate Pub. Ben. Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, 138 S. Ct. 720 (2018)
- Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., 137 S. Ct. 2263 (2017)
- Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc., 137 S. Ct. 1002 (2017)
- Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 136 S. Ct. 1979 (2016)
- Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 2887 (2015)
- Petrella v. MGM, 134 S. Ct. 1962 (2014)
- ABC, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2498 (2014)
- Thomas-Rasset v. Capitol Records, Inc., 133 S. Ct. 1584 (2013)
- Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 568 U.S. 519 (2013)
- Tenenbaum v. Sony BMG Music Entm't, 132 S. Ct. 2431 (2012)
- Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick, 559 U.S. 154 (2010)
- Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A., 559 U.S. 1066 (2010)
- Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A., 562 U.S. 40 (2010)
- Cable News Network, Inc. v. CSC Holdings, Inc., 557 U.S. 946 (2009)
- MGM Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005)
- Verizon Internet Servs., Inc. v. Recording Indus. Ass'n of Am., Inc., 543 U.S. 924 (2004)
- Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc. v. Veeck, 539 U.S. 969 (2003)
- Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., 539 U.S. 23 (2003)
- CSU, L.L.C. v. Xerox Corp., 121 S. Ct. 294 (2000).
- Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research Int'l, Inc., 523 U.S. 135 (1998)
- Practice Mgmt. Info. Corp. v. Am. Med. Ass'n, 522 U.S. 933 (1997)
- Univ. of Houston v. Chavez, 517 U.S. 1184 (1996)
- Stewart v. Abend, 495 U.S. 207 (Apr. 24, 1990)
- Cmty. for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, 490 U.S. 730 (1989)
- Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broad. Sys., Inc., 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
- Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broad. Sys., Inc., 441 U.S. 1 (1979) (Supplemental Memorandum)
- Mazer v. Stein, 347 U.S. 201 (1954)
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Atticus LLC v. The Dramatic Publishing Co., No. 23-1226 (2d. Cir. Mar. 20, 2024)
- Muench Photography, Inc. v. McGraw-Hill Glob. Educ. Holdings, LLC, No. 19-496 (2d Cir. 2019)
- New York Mercantile Exch., Inc. v. IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., 497 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 2007)
- Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley, 273 F.3d 429 (2d Cir. 2001)
- SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare, L.P. v. Watson Pharm., Inc., 211 F.3d 21 (2d Cir. 2000)
- Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. v. West Pub. Co., 158 F.3d 693 (2d Cir. 1998)
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Universal Dyeing and Printing, Inc. v. Topson Downs of California, Inc., Nos. 19-55840, 19-55892 (9th Cir. 2020)
- Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, Nos. 16-56057, 16-56287 (9th Cir. 2019)
- Alaska Stock, LLC v. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. Co., 747 F.3d 673 (9th Cir. 2014)
- Bean v. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. Co., 585 F. App'x 322 (9th Cir. 2014)
- A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001)