Supreme Court of the United States
Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Irvin Muchnick — Ginsburg, J., Concurring
March 2, 2010176 L. Ed. 2d 18
Summary
Justice Ginsburg concurred in part and in the judgment, agreeing that the copyright-registration requirement is a precondition to suit but does not limit subject-matter jurisdiction. She explained that the apparent tension between the Court's general approach to jurisdictional statutory requirements and its treatment of certain longstanding filing deadlines can be reconciled by recognizing an exception grounded in established precedent. This separate opinion does not itself establish a holding.