Goldstein v. California

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the Copyright Act of 1909 preempts only state laws conflicting or interfering with its provisions
• suggesting that a copyright of unlimited duration would have a tendency to inhibit the progress of the arts
• suggesting that a copyright of unlimited duration would have a tendency to inhibit the progress of the arts
• sustaining California law affording state copyright protection for subject not eligible under the applicable federal copyright law
• sustaining California law affording state copyright protection for subject not eligible under the applicable federal copyright law
• recordings fixed and sold prior to February 15, 1972 are not protected under federal copyright law, but may be given state protection

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Cited by

237 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-27· cited 2,678×
• Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-15· cited 1,967×
• Jones v. Rath Packing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 1,459×
• Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 612×
• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 566×
• Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-23· cited 436×
• Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-28· cited 426×
• Joyce v. General Motors Corp.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-02-28· cited 376×
• Durham Industries, Inc. v. Tomy Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1980-09-02· cited 328×
• Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington State Department of Revenue
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-23· cited 283×
• Dowling v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-28· cited 268×
• Litton Systems, Inc. v. Whirlpool Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1984-02-14· cited 211×
• Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1979-03-05· cited 208×
• Tom Waits v. Frito-Lay, Inc. Tracy-Locke, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-10-22· cited 205×
• Cable Electric Products, Inc. v. Genmark, Inc., A/K/A Diablo Products Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 1985-08-09· cited 176×
• M. Kramer Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Hugh Andrews, Tim Caldwell, Drew's Distributing, Inc., Drew's Distributing Co., and Lynch Enterprises, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-03-27· cited 176×
• Terry Gilliam, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1976-06-30· cited 154×
• West Publishing Company v. Mead Data Central, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1986-09-04· cited 152×
• Sk&f, Co. v. Premo Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1980-06-12· cited 142×
• Commonwealth v. Vitello
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-01· cited 142×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hines v. Davidowitz
  Supreme Court· 1941-01-20· cited 2,711×
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1947-05-05· cited 2,636×
• Gibbons v. Ogden
  Supreme Court· 1824-03-18· cited 2,543×
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.
  Supreme Court· 1964-04-06· cited 664×
• Pennsylvania v. West Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1923-06-11· cited 523×
• Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1964-04-20· cited 468×
• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1959-05-25· cited 370×
• Cleveland v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1946-12-16· cited 253×
• Morgan v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1946-06-03· cited 172×
• Kendall v. Winsor
  Supreme Court· 1859-03-18· cited 157×
• White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.
  Supreme Court· 1908-02-24· cited 150×
• Bauer & Cie v. O'Donnell
  Supreme Court· 1913-05-26· cited 149×
• Capitol Records, Inc. v. Mercury Records Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1955-04-12· cited 65×
• Æolian Co. v. Royal Music Roll Co.
  W.D. New York· 1912-06-18· cited 23×
• Fonotipia Ltd. v. Bradley
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York· 1909-08-07· cited 19×
• Tape Industries Association of America v. Younger
  C.D. California· 1970-07-27· cited 18×
• Jerome v. Twentieth Century Fox-Film Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1946-07-24· cited 11×

Other cases named Goldstein v. California

8 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Goldstein v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 1×
• Goldstein v. California
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-30
• Goldstein v. California
  Supreme Court· 1972-10-10
• Goldstein v. California
  Supreme Court· 1972-10-16
• Goldstein v. California
  Supreme Court· 1972-11-06
• Goldstein v. California
  Supreme Court· 1972-11-13
• Goldstein v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-08
• Goldstein v. California
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-01