Eldred v. AshcroftLegal Documents: Supreme Court
Documents relating to the Supreme Court case.
Petition for Certiorari:
- Plaintiffs File Petition for Certiorari to Supreme Court, October 11, 2001 (PDF) - Eric Eldred and fellow plaintiffs asked the Supreme Court to hear arguments in the case and to rule that the First Amendment requires greater constitutional scrutiny of copyright law.
- Amicus brief of 21 copyrigyht law professors in support of Eldred's petition for certiorari (PDF) (HTML)
- Amicus brief of constitutional law professors in support of Eldred's petition for certiorari (PDF) (HTML)
- Amicus brief of library associations in support of Eldred's petition for certiorari (PDF) (HTML)
- Amicus brief of Eagle Forum and Cato Institute in support of Eldred's petition for certiorari (PDF) (HTML)
- Amicus brief of Internet Archive in support of Eldred's petition for certiorari (PDF) (HTML)
- Government brief opposing Supreme Court review (PDF) (HTML)
- Petitioners' Reply Brief, December 20, 2001 (PDF)
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari, February 19, 2002
The Supreme Court has announced it will hear our challenge to the Copyright Term Extension Act.