United States First Circuit

Award of attorney's fees and costs to prevailing defendants was authorized by the Copyright Act even though much, if not all, of the legal work performed in the case had application to the state law claims as well as the copyright claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2004
• Published 05/21/2004

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Douglas H. Wilkins with whom Anderson & Kreiger LLP was on brief for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John D. Donovan, Jr. with whom Crystal D. Talley, Levina Wong and Ropes & Gray LLP were on brief for appellees.