Salinger v. Random House, Inc., 657
| Citation | 818 F.2d 252 |
| Decision Date | 04 May 1987 |
| Docket Number | No. 86-7957,D,No. 657,657,86-7957 |
| Parties | Jerome D. SALINGER a/k/a J.D. Salinger, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RANDOM HOUSE, INC. and Ian Hamilton, Defendants-Appellees. ocket . Petition for rehearing |
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) |
Before NEWMAN and MINER, Circuit Judges.
Following our decision of January 29, 1987, 811 F.2d 90, appellees have petitioned for rehearing and, in support of their petition, have moved to supplement the record on appeal. They wish to include Judge Leval's marked copy of plaintiff's trial exhibit that sets forth those passages of Salinger's letters alleged to be infringed and compares them with the allegedly infringing passages of Hamilton's biography. Judge Leval color-coded his copy, meticulously marking the passages in five colors to reflect his view as to whether the passage contained an infringing quotation, an infringing paraphrase, a non-infringing quotation (because Salinger was quoting someone else or because the quoted words were a cliche), a non-infringing report of historical facts, or a non-infringing report of ideas. Judge Leval first disclosed his marked copy of the exhibit to the parties at a chambers conference on February 18, 1987, and that day ordered it made a part of the record in the District Court.
However, on March 9, 1987, Judge Leval vacated his February 18 order, expressing doubt as to his jurisdiction to enter the order during the pendency of the appeal from the denial of the preliminary injunction. To eliminate any basis for such doubt, we issued our mandate on April 1 remanding the case to the District Court for the limited purpose of deciding whether to add the Judge's marked copy of the exhibit to the trial record. By order dated April 23, Judge Leval reinstated his February 18 ruling. Pursuant to our April 1 ruling, the mandate has been recalled following Judge Leval's ruling, and the issue of supplementing the appellate record is now properly before us.
We have authority to supplement the record on appeal, Fed.R.App.P. 10(e), even at this late stage of the appellate process, see American Chemical Paint Co. v. Dow Chemical Co., 164 F.2d 208, 209 (6th Cir.1947), and have concluded that we should do so in this instance. The marked exhibit clarifies our understanding of the process by which the District Judge reached the decision challenged on appeal.
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