Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises, 471 U.S. 539 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court decision in which public interest in learning about a historical figure's impressions … See more

The issue before the Court was whether a fair use existed where the purported infringer published a public figure's unpublished work … See more

The opinion was later cited by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit hearing the case of Salinger v. Random House (1987), in which J.D. Salinger had … See more

• Feingold, Robin (1986), "When "Fair Is Foul": A Narrow Reading of the Fair Use Doctrine in Harper & Row Publishers Inc. v. Nation … See more

Former President Gerald Ford had written a memoir, A Time to Heal, including an account of his decision to pardon Richard Nixon. Ford had licensed his publication rights to Harper & Row, which had contracted for excerpts of the memoir to be printed in See more

The Court, in an opinion by Justice O'Connor noted that the right of first publication is a particularly strong right, and held that there … See more

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