CHAVEZ v. ARTE PUBLICO PRESS

No. 93-2881.

157 F.3d 282 (1998)

Denise CHAVEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, United States of America, Intervenor, v. ARTE PUBLICO PRESS; Nicolas Kanellos; University of Houston, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Revised October 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Kuffner, Kuffner & Associates, Jeffrey Lowell Streets, Houston, TX, David Michael Gunn, Hogan, Dubos & Townsend, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Eugene Robinson, Mark Bernard Stern, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Robert V. Zener, Washington, DC, for Intervenor.

Patrick J. Feeney, Austin, TX, John Russel Feather, Bush, Moseley, Riddle & Jackson, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Charles J. Sanders, New York City, Carey R. Ramos, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Charles S. Sims, Prokaver, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, for Amicus Curiae Ass'n of American Publishers, Inc., The Authors Guild, Inc., Ass'n of American University Presses, Inc., Nat. Music Publishers Ass'n, Inc., Software Publishers Ass'n, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc., American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. and Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.

Peter L. Felcher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Jon Alan Baumgarten, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz, Mendelsohn, New York City, for Amicus Curiae, Ass'n of American Publishers, Inc., The Authors Guild, Inc., Ass'n of American University Presses, Inc., The Nat. Music Publishers Ass'n, Inc and Software Publishers Assn.

Stephanie A. Gore, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for Amicus Curiae The Nat. Music Publishers Ass'n, Inc.

Christopher Allan Meyer, Michael R. Klipper, Meyer & Klipper, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc., Business Software Alliance, Inc., Information Industry Ass'n, Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Inc. and Recording Industry Ass'n of America.

Charles L. Gholz, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, Arlington, VA, for American Intellectual Property Law Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Martin H. Redish, Northwestern School of Law, Chicago, IL, for International Trademark Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Before WISDOM, JONES and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

This Copyright/Lanham Act case was remanded from the Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of its decision in Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 116 S.Ct. 1114, 134 L.Ed.2d 252 (1996). The issue is whether Congress properly exercised authority to subject states to suit in federal court for violation of those statutes...

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