| Litigants: | Scribner v. Straus |
| Arguedate: | April 16 |
| Argueyear: | 1908 |
| Decidedate: | June 1 |
| Decideyear: | 1908 |
| Fullname: | Scribner v. Straus |
| Usvol: | 210 |
| Uspage: | 352 |
| Parallelcitations: | 28 S. Ct. 735; 52 L. Ed. 1094 |
| Holding: | Copyright holders did not have the statutory right to control the price of subsequent resales of lawfully purchased copies of their work. |
| Majority: | Day |
| Joinmajority: | a unanimous court |
Scribner v. Straus, 210 U.S. 352 (1908), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held copyright holders did not have the statutory right to control the price of subsequent resales of lawfully purchased copies of their work.[1]
The court decided this case immediately after Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, which featured the same defendants, Isador Straus and Nathan Straus, being accused of copyright infringement for the same reason by a different company.[2] The result of Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus held sway here.