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HARPER & ROW v. NATION ENTERPRISES

No. 83-1632.

471 U.S. 539 (1985)

HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, INC., ET AL. v. NATION ENTERPRISES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Miller argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Barbara Hufham and David Otis Fuller, Jr.

Floyd Abrams argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Devereux Chatillon, Carol E. Rinzler, Andrew L. Deutsch, and Leon Friedman.*

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us to consider to what extent the "fair use" provision of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976 (hereinafter the Copyright Act), 17 U. S. C. § 107, sanctions the unauthorized use of quotations from a public figure's unpublished manuscript. In March 1979, an undisclosed source provided The Nation Magazine with the unpublished manuscript of "A Time to...

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