Certiorari Denied In Takings Clause, Copyright Dispute Over Online Photo Use

Mealey's (March 21, 2022, 11:51 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its March 21 order list, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to address whether its recent ruling in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid had any bearing on a photographer’s claim that the University of Houston’s unauthorized online use of its copyrighted photo constituted a governmental taking, thus denying the petition for certiorari in which the photographer requested a grant, remand, vacate (GVR) order for the Texas Supreme Court to reconsider the matter....