1000 Copyright Cases is a pretty good sample
Posted August 15, 2006 10:40 PM
William Patry: "I read almost 1,000 copyright opinions in which legislative history (mostly committee reports) are referred to. The results of that study are found in two documents I have created. The first is six pages of single space string cites, broken down by circuit with a parenthetical about the issue for which the legislative history was used). The second is a 26 page textual discussion of 22 Supreme Court opinions in which legislative history was used. I haven't attempted to be comprehensive, although I think 1,000 cases is a pretty good sample."