Legal Opinion
West Publishing Company v. Mead Data Central, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 4, 1986No. 85-5399PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Mead Data Central, Inc. (MDC) appeals from a preliminary injunction issued by the District Court for the District of Minnesota 1 in a copyright-infringement action brought by West Publishing Company (West). West’s claim is based upon MDC’s proposed introduction of “star pagination,” keyed to West’s case reports, into the LEXIS system of computer-assisted legal research.
For more than a century, West has been compiling and reporting opinions of state and federal courts. West publishes these opinions in a series of books known as the “National Reporter System.” Before it…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by152 opinions
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