Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.
| Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. | |
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| Argued January 21, 1998 Decided March 31, 1998 | |
| Full case name | C. Elvin Feltner, Jr., Petitioner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Incorporated |
| Citations | 523 U.S. 340 (more) 118 S. Ct. 1279; 140 L. Ed. 2d 438; 1998 U.S. LEXIS 2301; 66 U.S.L.W. 4245; 46 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1161; Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 27,752; 163 A.L.R. Fed. 721; 26 Media L. Rep. 1513; 98 Cal. Daily Op. Service 2324; 98 Daily Journal DAR 3175; 1998 Colo. J. C.A.R. 1542; 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 417 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. v. Krypton Broad. of Birmingham, Inc., 106 F.3d 284 (9th Cir. 1997); cert. granted, 521 U.S. 1151 (1997). |
| Subsequent | Remanded, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. vs. Krypton Broadcasting of Birmingham, Inc., 152 F.3d 1171 (9th Cir. 1998). |
| Holding | |
| There is no statutory right to a jury trial under the Copyright Act, but the Seventh Amendment requires jury trials as the standard practice in copyright cases; therefore, an order denying a jury trial on damages violates the Seventh Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Thomas, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Concurrence | Scalia |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. VII, Copyright Act § 504(c) | |
Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., 523 U.S. 340 (1998), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that if there is to be an award of statutory damages in a copyright infringement case, then the opposing party has the right to demand a jury trial.