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Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., Hyperlaw, Inc., Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee v. West Publishing Co. And West Publishing Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 3, 1998No. Docket 97-7910PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge SWEET dissents in a separate opinion.

JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

West Publishing Co. and West Publishing Corp. (collectively “West”) publish compilations of reports of judicial opinions (“case reports”). Each case report consists of the text of the judicial opinion with enhancements that for the purposes of this case can be put in two categories: (i) independently composed features, such as a syllabus (which digests and heralds the opinion’s general holdings), headnotes (which summarize the specific points of law recited in each opinion), and key numbers (which categorize points of law into…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Lipton v. Nature Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
  4. Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
  5. Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. SaronySupreme Court of the United States · 1884

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3Cited by78 opinions

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  4. Neil Gaiman and Marvels and Miracles, Llc, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Todd McFarlane Defendants-Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
  5. Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., Hyperlaw, Inc., Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee v. West Publishing Co. West Publishing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998

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