PETRELLA v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC.

No. 12-1315.

134 S.Ct. 1962 (2014)

188 L.Ed.2d 979

Paula PETRELLA, Petitioner v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanos Bibas , for Petitioner.

Nicole A. Saharsky , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Mark A. Perry , Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Glen L. Kulik , Kulik Gottesman & Siegel LLP, Sherman Oaks, CA, Stephanos Bibas , Counsel of Record, James A. Feldman , Nancy Bregstein Gordon , Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

Jonathan Zavin , Wook Hwang , Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, NY, David Grossman , Robert J. Catalano , Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Mark A. Perry , Counsel of Record, Theodore B. Olson , G. Brinton Lucas , Lindsay S. See , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Blaine H. Evanson , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Counsel for Respondents.


Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Copyright Act provides that "[n]o civil action shall be maintained under the [Act] unless it is commenced within three years after the claim accrued." 17 U.S.C. § 507(b). This case presents the question whether the equitable defense of laches (unreasonable, prejudicial delay in commencing suit) may bar relief on a copyright infringement claim brought within § 507(b)'s three-year limitations period...

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