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== Notable cases == * ''[[Golan v. Gonzales]]'' (representing multiple plaintiffs) * ''[[Eldred v. Ashcroft]]'' (representing plaintiff [[Eric Eldred]]) Lost * ''[[Kahle v. Gonzales]]'' (also see [[Brewster Kahle]]) Dismissed * ''[[United States v. Microsoft]]'' (special master and author of an amicus brief addressing the Sherman Act<ref>[http://www.lessig.org/content/testimony/ab/ab.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716205621/http://www.lessig.org/content/testimony/ab/ab.pdf|date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>) ** Lessig was appointed [[special master]] by Judge [[Thomas Penfield Jackson]] in 1997; the appointment was vacated by the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/common/opinions/199806/97-5343a.txt |title=USCA-DC Opinions β Released On 1/21/2011 |publisher=Pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov |access-date=2011-01-23 |archive-date=October 26, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026065501/http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/common/opinions/199806/97-5343a.txt |url-status=live }}</ref> the appellate court ruled that the powers granted to Lessig exceeded the scope of the Federal statute providing for special masters; Judge Jackson then solicited Lessig's [[amicus brief]] ** Lessig said about this appointment: "Did Justice Jackson pick me to be his special master because he had determined I was the perfect mix of [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.|Holmes]], and [[Ed Felten]]? No, I was picked because I was a Harvard Law Professor teaching the law of cyberspace. Remember: So is 'fame' made."<ref>[http://www.lessig.org/blog/2005/02/west_wing_lessons.html Lessig blog] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015180643/http://www.lessig.org/blog/2005/02/west_wing_lessons.html |date=October 15, 2012 }}</ref> * ''[[DeCSS|MPAA v. 2600]]'' (submitted an amicus brief with [[Yochai Benkler]] in support of 2600<ref>[http://www.lessig.org/content/testimony/dvd/dvd.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716205628/http://www.lessig.org/content/testimony/dvd/dvd.pdf|date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>) * ''[[McCutcheon v. FEC]]'' (submitted an amicus brief in support of FEC) * ''[[Chiafalo v. Washington]]'' (representing Chiafalo)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?471677-1%2Fchiafalo-v-washington-oral-argument&vod |title=Chiafalo v. Washington Oral Argument, May 13, 2020, via [[C-SPAN]]. |access-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205171559/https://www.c-span.org/video/?471677-1%2Fsupreme-court-rules-states-punish-faithless-electors&vod= |url-status=live }}</ref>
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