[blindlaw] Fwd: important decision today from the Second Circuit

Gerard Sadlier gerard.sadlier at gmail.com
Tue Jun 10 20:46:14 UTC 2014


Hi Denise,

Could you please send a link to the opinion, when it becomes available?

Is the decision likely to be appealed? If so, will the US SUpreme
Court hear any such appeal?

Thank you

Ger

On 6/10/14, Denise Avant via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> From: "Daniel F. Goldstein" <dfg at BROWNGOLD.COM>
>> Date: June 10, 2014 at 2:07:01 PM CDT
>> To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG
>> Subject: important decision today from the Second Circuit
>> Reply-To: "Daniel F. Goldstein" <dfg at BROWNGOLD.COM>
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>> The university libraries that had allowed Google to digitize their entire
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>> <(278-1) OPINION.PDF>
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