Legal Opinion
William Darden v. Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 24, 2007No. 06-1177PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge DUNCAN joined.
OPINION
TRAXLER, Circuit Judge.
William Darden filed this action under the Administrative Procedure Act against Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, seeking to set aside a decision of the United States Copyright Office denying Dar-den’s applications for copyright registration. See 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A); 17 U.S.C. § 701(e). Finding no abuse of discretion in the Register’s refusal to issue a copyright registration for Darden’s works, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary…
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