“Why would we allow the official law to be hidden behind a pay wall?”
Justice Neil Gorsuch posed the question to Georgia’s lawyer at U.S. Supreme Court arguments on Dec. 2, in a dispute over the state’s ability to copyright its annotated legal code.
The case has broad consequences for access to and cost of legal materials, both sides argue. An array of interest groups have also weighed in, ranging from small-firm lawyers looking to maintain access to a coalition of states looking to uphold existing business arrangements.
How the justices sort out whether to, as the state’s lawyer ...
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