Legal Opinion
Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. California Department of Education
District Court, C.D. California
Decided May 24, 2005No. SACV 04-512-GLT (ES)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
TAYLOR, District Judge.
On apparent first impression, and contrary to the body of law on competitive admission testing, the Court holds a state statute requiring copies of test protocols to be provided tb parents of special education students falls within acceptable “fair use” under federal copyright law, and the federal copyright law ■ does not preempt the state statute.
I. BACKGROUND
California Education Code section 56504 provides parents of special education students may have copies of their child’s test protocols. 1 Defendant Jack Anthony’s son is…
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