NATIONAL RIFLE ASS'N v. HANDGUN CONTROL FEDERATION

No. 92-4076.

15 F.3d 559 (1994)

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HANDGUN CONTROL FEDERATION OF OHIO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Gardiner, National Rifle Ass'n of America, Washington, DC (argued and briefed), for plaintiff-appellant.

Harry T. Sigmier, William H. Baughman, Jr. (argued), Raymond S. Ling (briefed), Thomas C. Buford, Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, OH, for defendants-appellees.

Before: MERRITT, Chief Judge; JONES, Circuit Judge; and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.


NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

The National Rifle Association of America ("NRA") appeals from the summary judgment that the district court granted for the Handgun Control Federation of Ohio ("HCF") in this copyright infringement action. The district court ruled that the NRA could not copyright the three-page list of Ohio legislators at issue here. We affirm, holding that HCF has made "fair use" of the list under the copyright...

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