Opinion

Pollard v. Board of Police Commissioners

  • 473 U.S. 907
  • 53 U.S.L.W. 3911
  • 105 S. Ct. 3534
  • 87 L. Ed. 2d 657
  • 1985 U.S. LEXIS 2528
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Jul 1, 1985
Status
Published
On the bench
Brennan, Certiorari, Marshall
Cited by
43 cases
Authority
More cited than 89.2%

questioning the Ninth Circuit’s opinion for this and other reasons, including the opinion’s presumption that a copyright confers market power and its conclusion that power to force is established by a demonstration that some buyers find the, tying product uniquely desirable

How later courts described this case

  • questioning the Ninth Circuit’s opinion for this and other reasons, including the opinion’s presumption that a copyright confers market power and its conclusion that power to force is established by a demonstration that some buyers find the, tying product uniquely desirable
  • holding that separate markets existed for computer central processing unit and computer operating system
  • computer software and central processing units
  • order denying writ of certiorari

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied.

Justice Brennan, *908 Justice Marshall, and Justice Powell would grant certiorari.

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