All Eyes on SCOTUS (Blog) for 10 Cs and Grokster

Today is the big final day of this term for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), and with such huge decisions coming down today there's no better page to refresh in your browser than the SCOTUS Blog. To get ready, here's a preview of the decisions coming down today.

The first note on one of the Ten Commandments cases is up:

Splitting 5-4 in the first of two rulings on government displays of the Ten Commandments, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a federal court order against a display of the religious document on the wall of a courthouse in Kentucky.

Grokster will come soon, I'm sure...

UPDATE: Grokster loses big:

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that developers of software violate federal copyright law when they provide computer users with the means to share music and movie files downloaded from the internet.

Crap.

UPDATE II: Now that the term is over, Half-Cocked is handicapping the retirements.

Also, from the ongoing discussion it looks like maybe this wasn't necessarily a huge defeat for Grokster. The Court merely remanded for reconsideration of what was previously summary judgment in Grokster/Streamcast's favor.

Posted June 27, 2005 10:20 AM | law general