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Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder

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Advocates
Harold R. Tyler, Jr. (on behalf of Respondent)
Marvin E. Frankel (on behalf of Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
83-1153
Petitioner: 
Mills Music, Inc.
Respondent: 
Snyder
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
469 U.S. 153 (1985)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 9, 1984
Decided: 
Tuesday, January 8, 1985
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Copyright

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The Oyez Project, Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder , 469 U.S. 153 (1985)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1984/1984_83_1153)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Mills Music, Inc., 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 17 U.S.C. 304

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Burger
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
White
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens