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Thornton v. Schreiber
Thornton v. Schreiber
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 19–20, 1888; Decided February 13, 1888
Full case name	Thornton v. Schreiber
Citations	124 U.S. 612 (more) 8 S. Ct. 618; 31 L. Ed. 577
Holding
	A copyright holder may not personally sue an employee of a business for copyright infringement if the employee was holding the infringing material on the order of their employer.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Morrison Waite Associate Justices Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field; Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan; Stanley Matthews · Horace Gray; Samuel Blatchford · Lucius Q. C. Lamar II
Case opinion
Majority	Miller, joined by unanimous

Thornton v. Schreiber, 124 U.S. 612 (1888), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held a copyright holder may not personally sue an employee of a business for copyright infringement if the employee was holding the infringing material on the order of their employer.^[1]

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^ Thornton v. Schreiber, 124 U.S. 612 (1888)

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Text of Thornton v. Schreiber, 124 U.S. 612 (1888) is available from: Cornell CourtListener Findlaw Justia Library of Congress

[1] Thornton v. Schreiber, 124 U.S. 612 (1888)

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Thornton v. Schreiber
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 19–20, 1888 Decided February 13, 1888
Full case name	Thornton v. Schreiber
Citations	124 U.S. 612 (more) 8 S. Ct. 618; 31 L. Ed. 577
Holding
A copyright holder may not personally sue an employee of a business for copyright infringement if the employee was holding the infringing material on the order of their employer.
Court membership
Chief Justice Morrison Waite Associate Justices Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan Stanley Matthews · Horace Gray Samuel Blatchford · Lucius Q. C. Lamar II
Case opinion
Majority	Miller, joined by unanimous

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