US Supreme Court recusals leave worldwide copyright ruling intact
By Nick Robertson ( October 19, 2026, 20:51 GMT | Insight) -- Four US Supreme Court justices recused themselves from review of a copyright decision on the global nature of termination notices, leaving the court without a quorum and resulting in the affirmance of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's opinion in BMG v. Vetter. The order leaves the Vetter ruling in place, but does not create binding precedent on worldwide copyright termination.The US Supreme Court said Monday that it could not consider the petition to review a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision on worldwide copyright termination due to lacking a quorum after four justices recused themselves....
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