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Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
  1. Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
  2. Jurisdiction: United States (April 27, 2020)
  3. Defendants<![CDATA[Public.Resource.Org, Inc.]]>Plaintiffs<![CDATA[State of Georgia]]><![CDATA[Code Revision Commission]]>Defense Attorneys<![CDATA[Eric F. Citron]]><![CDATA[Elizabeth H. Rader]]><![CDATA[Thomas C. Goldstein]]>Plaintiff Attorneys<![CDATA[Anthony B. Askew]]><![CDATA[Lisa C. Pavento]]><![CDATA[Warren J. Thomas]]><![CDATA[Joshua S. Johnson]]><![CDATA[Jeremy C. Marwell]]><![CDATA[John P. Elwood]]>Judges<![CDATA[John G. Roberts Jr.]]><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor]]><![CDATA[Elena Kagan]]><![CDATA[Neil M. Gorsuch]]><![CDATA[Brett M. Kavanaugh]]><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Samuel A. Alito Jr.]]><![CDATA[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]><![CDATA[Stephen G. Breyer]]>Institutions<![CDATA[Supreme Court of the United States]]><![CDATA[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]]><![CDATA[United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia]]><![CDATA[Code Revision Commission]]><![CDATA[Matthew Bender & Co., Inc.]]><![CDATA[LexisNexis Group]]>
  4. Case Tags: Copyright Law;Government Edicts Doctrine;Public Access to Law;Supreme Court of the United States