U.S. Supreme Court
May 30, 2014
'Raging Bull' impales Hollywood Circuit
Quietly nestled within the court's ultimate ruling is a subtle rebuke of the 9th Circuit's coddling of the entertainment industry's legacy players. By Steven Lowe and Daniel Lifschitz
When the U.S. Supreme Court first began to consider whether or not to hear the case of Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2014 DJDAR 6168 (May 19, 2014), in the latter half of 2013, the case had gone largely unnoticed in most Hollywood circles. The legal issue at center stage - the equitable doctrine of laches - seemed fairly mundane, certainly not the sort of thing that gives rise to many riveting industry discussions. Fo...
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