Little v. Hall

Little v. Hall, 59 U.S. (18 How.) 165 (1856), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held a contract with state officials to be the official publisher of court opinion documents does not transfer any copyright to that publisher, and they may not seek an injunction against someone else printing those documents.

Little v. Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 8–9, 1856 Decided January 24, 1856
Full case name	Little et al. v. Hall et al.
Citations	59 U.S. 165 (more) 18 How. 165; 15 L. Ed. 328
Holding
A contract with state officials to be the official publisher of court opinion documents does not transfer any copyright to that publisher, and they may not seek an injunction against someone else printing those documents.
Court membership
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Associate Justices John McLean · James M. Wayne John Catron · Peter V. Daniel Samuel Nelson · Robert C. Grier Benjamin R. Curtis · John A. Campbell

External links

• Works related to Little v. Hall at Wikisource
• Text of Little v. Hall, 59 U.S. (18 How.) 165 (1856) is available from: Justia Library of Congress