Legal Opinion
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 21, 2017No. 15–927PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
We return to a subject that we addressed in Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 572 U.S. ----, 134 S.Ct. 1962, 188 L.Ed.2d 979 (2014) : the relationship between the equitable defense of laches and claims for damages that are brought within the time allowed by a statute of limitations. In Petrella, we held that laches cannot preclude a claim for damages incurred within the Copyright Act's 3-year limitations period. Id ., at ----, 134 S.Ct., at 1967. "[L]aches," we explained, "cannot be invoked to bar legal relief" "[i]n the face of a statute of limitations enacted by Congress." Id ., at…
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