Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.

Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Full case nameAnnie Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
ArguedOctober 20, 1997
DecidedFebruary 19, 1998
Citation137 F.3d 109
Case history
Prior historyComplaint dismissed, S.D.N.Y. Dec. 20, 1996
Subsequent history137 F.3d 580
Holding
A parody of Annie Leibovitz' photograph was deemed to be fair use. Southern District of New York affirmed.
Court membership
Judges sittingCircuit Judges Jon O. Newman, Guido Calabresi, Richard Dickson Cudahy (sitting by designation from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Case opinions
MajorityNewman, joined by Calabresi, Cudahy
Laws applied
Copyright Act of 1976

Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 137 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 1998), is an influential Second Circuit fair use case.