Rams v. Def Jam Recordings, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding defendant’s alleged promotion and distribution of allegedly infringing album cover to plausibly constitute material contribution
• “Unlike contributory liability, vicarious liability rests not on the defendant’s relationship to the direct infringement but rather on the defendant’s relationship to the direct infringer.” (citation omitted)
• “the contributory infringer must have acted in concert with the direct infringer.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  S.D. Illinois· 2018-11-06· cited 19×
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Cites

34 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Van Dusen v. Barrack
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-30· cited 3,077×
• ATSI Communications, Inc. v. Shaar Fund, Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2007-07-11· cited 2,369×
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-27· cited 539×
• A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-02-12· cited 489×
• Ellison v. Robertson
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-02-10· cited 337×
• Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon. Com, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-12-03· cited 333×
• Gershwin Publishing Corporation v. Columbia Artists Management, Inc., and Community Concerts, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1971-05-24· cited 305×
• Donald Newcombe v. Adolf Coors Company Foote, Cone and Belding and Time, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-09-22· cited 227×
• Downing v. Abercrombie & Fitch
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-09-13· cited 189×
• Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. v. H. L. Green Company, Inc., and Third Party Jalen Amusement Company, Inc., and Third Party
  Second Circuit· 1963-04-15· cited 168×
• Fonovisa, Inc. v. Cherry Auction, Inc. Richard Pilegard, W.D. Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-01-25· cited 154×
• Coufal Abogados Eric Coufal v. At&t, Inc. Lucent Technologies Inc.,defendants-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-08-02· cited 126×
• Love v. Associated Newspapers, Ltd.
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-08· cited 116×
• Eastwood v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-12-01· cited 98×
• Frontier Oil Corp. v. RLI Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-09-05· cited 78×
• Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC
  S.D. New York· 2011-05-02· cited 69×
• BWP Media USA Inc. v. Hollywood Fan Sites, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2014-11-14· cited 67×
• Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.
  C.D. California· 1998-10-16· cited 58×