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2nd District Judge John Stegner has ordered the personnel records of former UI Professor Ernesto Bustamante released, in a court case in which the University of Idaho and media organizations from across the state appealed to the court to see if privacy protections for state personnel records persist after the employee is dead; Bustamante shot himself to death after police say he fatally shot UI student Katy Benoit outside her Moscow home. "This provides us with what we sought: a clear path forward," University of Idaho general counsel Kent Nelson said in a statement. "It has always been the university's intention to be as open and transparent as the law allows in this matter." Click below for a full report from the Lewiston Tribune and the Associated Press.
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The Lewiston Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/nZ8xCn ) 2nd District Judge John R. Stegner ordered the records of Ernesto Bustamante released on Monday.
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"Five wins and a very light power reese know" sounds more like gibberish than a weather forecast.
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Maybe not too OT but anyone got/looking to get the logitech G600? I've preordered mine(sadly not released here yet) and from what I've read about it and whatnot it seems pretty good.
i7-5820k @ 4.4GHz|16GB DDR4 2667MHz OC|EVGA GTX 670 FTW|Samsung 830 128GB SSD
Picture of my simple setup taken with a crappy mobile phone cam.
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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K currently at 4.0Ghz, going higher sometime soon.
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Just ordered one of these
Had to send my old HD6970 back under warrenty as it was faulty (power and fan issues), they gave me a £225 refund on the £240 card that I got last october ish, so then I decided to get an upgrade, equivlant Radeon (HD7970) was more expensive and the old one breaking left a bad taste, so decided to give an Nvidia type card another go, last time I did that was a Geforce 7900GT! (which died on me and turned me towards ATI/AMD).
A few new games coming out are already enough to put the HD6970 to its knees, namely Project CARS - Perhaps the best looking game ever.
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Nice card, the Windforce X3 cooler is really good (and quiet too).
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my exact card right there BE FUCKING CAREFUL WHEN ITS RUNNING! the blades are sharp as hell and even at only 20% fanspeed i cut my finger when it touched the blades
But its a great card. running Crysis 2 maxed out graphics with no fps problems. didnt have a counter but i couldn't see anything indicating fps under 30. Running a 1920x1080 monitor.
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Just got that card a few weeks ago. Runs super quiet and cools great. Crysis and Crysis 2 on ultra while running 2 monitors and recording with Fraps. You will not be disappointed.
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My card came today, amazingly quiet compared to my old HD6970, it really is in a different league in terms of noise. Happy to say that the jumbo jet leaf blower graphics card is a thing of the past.
Performance wise I'm really impressed, a bigger jump than I expected and it was able to run Project Cars at full settings with 8x AA/16x AF at 1920x1080 resolution, didn't have the fps meter up but it was silky silky smooth. Safe to say that I'm extremely pleased, can't believe how quiet the cooler is.


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PHOTOS: Okamoto Studio Carves Incredibly Intricate Ice Sculptures in Downtown Manhattan
Okamoto Studio has a long-history of talented ice carving skill. Founded by father-son team Takeo and Shintaro Okamoto in 2003, the artist collective has since grown and boasts clients from the event, hospitality, culinary, fashion, and media industries. They produce works that are enjoyed in both private, intimate settings as well as public spaces and their reputation grows with each job. Last year we caught sight of them at Grace Plaza in Midtown where they presented an elegant series of chess-themed ice sculptures.
One member of the studio, Thomas Brown, was on site and shared his story. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Brown came to New York City specifically to build his skills and work with the renowned studio. His first encounter with ice carving happened partly by accident. After years of running his own independent sculpture studio, Brown came across several huge blocks of ice that an ice factory across the street was throwing out. He began playing around with a chainsaw and soon found himself enamoured with the challenge of applying his sculpting skills to a new material. Five years since relocating to New York, Brown continues to learn new skills with each job that Okamoto Studio receives. In terms of live sculpting opportunities such as Fantastical Botanical, Brown explains, "It's nice to do it in a place where you can actually see it and see people's reactions."
Beyond the ice sculpting, there were plenty of other wintery treats to enjoy in the open air. The public received complimentary sweet treats and chai lattes to stay warm as they enjoyed a live performance by Hungry March Band. Keep posted to witness live ice sculpting for yourself as the studio continues to pop-up in unexpected locations across the city to share its skills and transform public spaces into lively gathering points.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ESTATE OF ROBERT GRAHAM et al, 12 13 vs. Plaintiffs, CASE NOS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
2:11-cv-08604-JHN-FFM (Sotheby's) 2:11-cv-08605-JHN-FFM (Christie's)
14 SOTHEBY'S INC., 15 16 17 SAM FRANCIS FOUNDATION et al, 18 19 vs. Plaintiffs, Judge: Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen Defendant; ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO DISMISS
This matter comes before the Court on Defendants Sotheby's, Inc. ("Sotheby's") and Christie's, Inc.'s ("Christie's") (collectively, "Defendants") Joint
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1 Motion to Dismiss ("Jt. Mot."). (2:11-cv-8604-JHN-FFM, docket no. 17.)1 The 2 3 4 Court has also considered the oral argument that took place on March 12, 2012. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 corporation, with its principal place of business in New York. (Sotheby's Compl. ¶ 12 5; Jt. Mot. 10.) Christie's is also a New York corporation, with its principal place of 13 business in New York. (Christie's Compl. ¶ 6; Jt. Mot. 10.) 14 On October 18, 2011, Plaintiffs—a collection of artists and their heirs— 15 16 brought the instant Class Action Complaints (the "Complaints"), alleging that 17 18 19 Cal. Civ. Code § 986. Specifically, Plaintiffs allege, inter alia, that Defendants— Defendants failed to comply with the California Resale Royalties Act ("CRRA"), BACKGROUND Defendants are world-renowned auction houses. Sotheby's is a New York For the reasons herein, the Joint Motion is GRANTED with prejudice. I. Court has read and considered the briefs filed by the parties in this matter. The
20 acting as the agents for California sellers—sold works of fine art at auction but 21 22 23 (Sotheby's Compl. ¶¶ 9–12.) 24 25 26 27 28
2 All citations to the docket in this opinion are to the 2:11-cv-8604-JHN-FFM docket, unless otherwise stated.
failed to pay the appropriate resale royalty provided for under the CRRA.
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On January 12, 2012, Defendants filed a Joint Motion to Dismiss the Complaints, arguing that the Court should strike down the CRRA because it (1)
4 violates the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution; (2) effects a taking 5 of private property in violation of the United States and California constitutions; and 6 7 8 Court finds that the CRRA "cannot withstand Commerce Clause scrutiny," Nat'l 9 Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Miller, 10 F.3d 633, 638 (9th Cir. 1993), it need not 10 address Defendants' preemption and Takings Clause arguments. 11 12 13 14 15 A defendant may seek dismissal of a complaint that "fail[s] to state a claim 16 upon which relief can be granted." Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). In evaluating a motion 17 18 19 as facts presented in briefs, affidavits, or discovery materials, unless such material is to dismiss, the Court generally cannot consider material outside the complaint, such II. LEGAL STANDARD (3) is preempted by the Copyright Act of 1976. (Jt. Mot. 7, 17, 24.) Because the
20 alleged in the complaint or judicially noticed. McCalip v. De Legarret, No. 0821 22 23 Jacobson v. AEG Capital Corp., 50 F.3d 1493, 1496 (9th Cir. 1995). The Court 24 must accept as true all material factual allegations in the complaint and construe 25 them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Nursing Home Pension Fund, 26 27 Local 144 v. Oracle Corp., 380 F.3d 1226, 1229 (9th Cir. 2004). However, this 28
2250, 2008, U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87870, at *4 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 18, 2008); see also
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1 tenet is inapplicable to legal conclusions. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 1949 2 3 4 cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements." Id. The Court, based on 5 judicial experience and common sense, must determine whether a complaint 6 7 8 9 10 11 Defendants argue that by purporting to regulate transactions that take place 12 wholly outside of California, the CRRA violates the Commerce Clause of the United 13 States Constitution. (Jt. Mot. 7); U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 3. The Court conducts its 14 analysis mindful of the "time-honored presumption" that "[e]very legislative act is 15 16 to be presumed to be a constitutional exercise of legislative power until the contrary 17 18 19 Glenwood Cemetery, 107 U.S. 466, 475 (1883). The CRRA The CRRA provides for a droit de suite, or resale royalty right, for fine artists. is clearly established." Reno v. Condon, 528 U.S. 141, 148 (2000); Close v. III. DISCUSSION plausibly states a claim for relief. Id. at 1950. (2009). The Court need not accept as true "[t]hreadbare recitals of the elements of a
23 Cal. Civ. Code § 986. The droit de suite creates a "continuing remunerative 24 relationship between a visual artist and his creation," by providing the artist with a 25 right to a royalty payment—consisting of a percentage of an original work's resale 26 27 price—each time the "original, tangible embodiment" of the artist's work is resold. 28
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1 Elliot Alderman, Resale Royalties in the United States for Fine Visual Artists: An 2 3 4 Nimmer & David Nimmer, Nimmer on Copyright § 8C.04[A][1] (2011) [hereinafter 5 "Nimmer"].2 6 7 8 resides in California or the sale takes place in California, the seller or the seller's 9 agent shall pay to the artist of such work of fine art or to such artist's agent 5 percent 10 of the amount of such sale." Cal. Civ. Code § 986(a). An artist can waive the right 11 12 to this royalty "only by a contract in writing providing for an amount in excess of 5 13 percent of the amount of such sale." Id. The CRRA excludes any resale where the 14 gross sales price is less than $1,000. Id. § 986(b)(2). 15 16 17 18 19 defined as "the person who creates a work of fine art and who, at the time of resale, The CRRA defines a work of "[f]ine art" as "an original painting, sculpture, or drawing, or an original work of art in glass." Id. § 986(c)(2). An "[a]rtist" is The CRRA provides that "[w]henever a work of fine art is sold and the seller Alien Concept, 40 J. Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 265, 267 (1992); 2 Melville B.
20 is a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the state who has resided in the state 21 22 23 artists who are U.S. citizens, regardless of the state in which they reside. Here, for 24 25
The droit de suite is best understood as an "attempt to equalize the copyright status of fine artists" with that of authors and composers. Nimmer, § 8C.04[A][1]. For while authors and 26 composers are compensated each time their works are performed or reproduced, visual artists 27 "create one-of-a-kind objects, which cannot be copied," and thus receive their income from a work (footnote continued)
for a minimum of two years." Id. § 986(c)(1). Therefore, the CRRA applies to all
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1 example, Plaintiff Chuck Close resides in New York. (Sotheby's Compl. ¶ 3; 2 3 4 The CRRA additionally requires the seller's agent to effect payment of the Christie's Compl. ¶ 4.)
5 resale royalty. Cal. Civ. Code § 986(a)(1). Specifically, the CRRA provides that 6 7 8 museum or other person acting as the agent for the seller the agent shall withhold 5 9 percent of the amount of the sale, locate the artist and pay the artist." Id. 10 If the agent is unable to locate the artist within 90 days, the agent must pay 11 12 the applicable royalty to the California Arts Council, which is then required to 13 search for the artist for seven years. After that time, if the artist is not located, the 14 funds pass to the California Arts Council for "use in acquiring fine art." Id. §§ 15 16 986(a)(3), (a)(5). If the seller or the seller's agent fails to pay the appropriate 17 18 19 of sale or one year after the discovery of the sale, whichever is longer." Id. § royalty, "the artist may bring an action for damages within three years after the date "[w]hen a work of fine art is sold at an auction or by a gallery, dealer, broker,
20 986(a)(3). The heirs of a deceased artist may assert the artist's rights under the 21 22 23 any resale for "a gross sales price of less than one thousand dollars ($1000)" or "a 24 25 almost solely from its initial sale. Michael B. Reddy, The Droit de Suite: Why American Fine 26 27 28
6 Artists Should Have a Right to a Resale Royalty, 15 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 509, 517 (1995).
CRRA for 20 years after the artist's death. Id. § 986(a)(7). The CRRA excludes
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1 gross sales price less than the purchase price paid by the seller." Id. § 986(b)(2), 2 3 4 Although such legislation is common among European nations, including (b)(4).
5 France, Germany and the United Kingdom, California's passage of the CRRA in 6 7 8 William Bates, Royalties for Artists: California Becomes The Testing Ground, N.Y. 9 Times, August 14, 1977; Alderman at 268–69; Nimmer, § 8C.04[A][1]; The Artist's 10 Resale Right Regulations 2006, 2006 No. 346, available at 11 12 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ uksi/2006/346/contents/made (last viewed, May 16, 13 2012); see also Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-650, §608(b), 14 104 Stat. 5089 (1990). 15 16 17 18 19 Artist's Resale Royalty (1992) [hereinafter "Report"]. In December 1992, the Notably, several attempts by Congress to introduce resale royalty legislation have failed. Reddy at 511; see also U.S. Copyright Office, Droit de Suite: The 1976 represented the first droit de suite legislation in the United States. See, e.g.,
20 Copyright Office issued a report concluding that it was "not persuaded that 21 22 23 suite in the United States." Report at 149; see also Nimmer at § 8C–13. Other 24 states, including New York, have considered similar legislation, but have not 25 26 27 28
sufficient economic and copyright policy justification exists to establish droit de
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1 adopted any measure creating a resale royalty right for visual artists. (See, e.g., 2 3 4 B. 5 6 7 8 . . ." U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 3. "Although the Commerce Clause is phrased as an 9 affirmative grant of regulatory power to Congress, the Supreme Court . . . has long 10 interpreted the Clause to have a 'negative aspect,' referred to as the dormant 11 12 Commerce Clause . . . ." Conservation Force, Inc. v. Manning, 301 F.3d 985, 991 13 (9th Cir. 2002). The Supreme Court's dormant Commerce Clause jurisprudence 14 holds that States do not have the "power [to] unjustifiably . . . discriminate against 15 16 or burden the interstate flow of articles of commerce." Id. (quoting Or. Waste Sys., 17 18 19 Clause is thus a "limitation upon the power of the States." Edgar v. MITE Corp., Inc. v. Dep't of Envtl. Quality, 511 U.S. 93, 98 (1994)). The dormant Commerce The Commerce Clause The Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution states: "The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce . . . among the several States . Russell Decl., Ex. 23, at 693–716.)3
20 457 U.S. 624, 640 (1982) (quoting Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., Inc. v. Cottrell, 424 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
8 According to commentators and news reports, enforcement of the CRRA has been spotty. The New York Times recently reported that, since the CRRA was passed in 1977, approximately 400 artists have received a total of $328,000 in resale royalties. Patricia Cohen, Artists File Lawsuits, Seeking Royalties, N. Y. Times, Nov. 1, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/arts/design/artists-file-suit-against-sothebys-christies-andebay.html?pagewanted=all (last viewed, January 24, 2012). A 1986 survey of artists conducted by the Bay Area Lawyers for the Arts found that 32% of respondents "said dealers had refused to give them the name or address of the buyer or even the resale price, despite their right under the [CRRA] to assign collection of the royalty to another." Reddy at 523.
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1 U.S. 366, 370–71 (1976)). While "not every exercise of state power with some 2 3 4 to "effectuate a legitimate public interest," and its impact on interstate commerce 5 must only be "incidental." Id. (quoting Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc., 397 U.S. 137, 6 7 8 C. 9 10 11 decision in Morseburg v. Baylon, 621 F.2d 972 (9th Cir. 1980), arguing that it 12 "rejected constitutional challenges brought against the [CRRA]," the Court finds 13 that Morseburg does not control here. (Opp'n 1.) Moresburg did not involve a 14 dormant Commerce Clause challenge to the CRRA; rather, it involved preemption, 15 16 Contracts Clause, and due process challenges. Moresburg, 621 F.2d at 974–75. 17 18 19 preemptive effect of the 1909 [Copyright] Act only." Id. at 975 (emphasis added). Moreover, the Morseburg court explicitly stated that its decision "concern[ed] the Applicability of the Dormant Commerce Clause As an initial matter, although Plaintiffs rely heavily upon the Ninth Circuit's 142 (1970)). impact on interstate commerce is invalid," a state law must even-handedly regulate
20 As such, the Court addresses the dormant Commerce Clause issue as one of first 21 22 23
impression and is not bound by Morseburg.4
24 00697, 2011 WL 1258529 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 1, 2011), a case also involving a challenge to the 25 CRRA, was decided solely on preemption grounds—indeed the parties did not fully brief the issue
of whether the CRRA violated the Commerce Clause—and thus is not relevant to the instant 26 dormant Commerce Clause challenge.
The Court also notes that its decision in Baby Moose Drawings, Inc. v. Valentine, No. 11–
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A state statute implicates the dormant Commerce Clause if the activity it regulates could likewise be regulated by Congress. Manning, 301 F.3d at 993.
4 Thus, the Court must first determine whether the CRRA regulates an activity subject 5 to federal control. See id. at 992. The Supreme Court has "identified three broad 6 7 8 United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549, 558 (1995). Congress may regulate (1) the 9 use of the channels of interstate commerce; (2) the instrumentalities of interstate 10 commerce, or persons or things in interstate commerce; and (3) "those activities that 11 12 substantially affect interstate commerce." Id. at 558–59. 13 14 15 First, the Court finds that where works of fine art are sold from one state into 16 another, each piece of fine art itself constitutes a "thing" in interstate commerce. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 commerce. One factor that a Court should "consider when evaluating whether a law 24 has a 'substantial effect' on interstate commerce [is] . . . whether the statute has 25 anything to do with 'commerce or any sort of economic enterprise, however broadly 26 27 one might define those terms.'" San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Auth. v. Salazar, 28
categories of activity that Congress may regulate under its commerce power."
Works of Fine Art Constitute "Things" in Interstate Commerce
Therefore, Congress may regulate such transactions under the Commerce Clause. See Lopez, 514 U.S. at 558–59. 2. The CRRA Substantially Affects Interstate Commerce
Second, the Court finds that the CRRA substantially affects interstate
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1 638 F.3d 1163, 1174 (9th Cir. 2011) (quoting Lopez, 514 U.S. at 561). This factor is 2 3 4 economic regulation to promote artistic endeavors generally." Moresburg, 621 F.2d 5 at 979 (emphasis added). 6 7 8 Clause power so long as "in the aggregate the economic activity in question would 9 represent a general practice . . . subject to federal control." Citizens Bank v. 10 Alafabco, Inc., 539 U.S. 52, 56–57 (2003) (alteration in original) (quotation marks 11 12 and citation omitted); see also San Luis, 638 F.3d at 1175 ("When a statute is 13 challenged under the Commerce Clause, courts must evaluate the aggregate effect of 14 the statute (rather than an isolated application) . . . ."). When the number of art sale 15 16 transactions throughout the United States that the CRRA purports to regulate are 17 18 19 "substantial effect" on interstate commerce such that Congress could regulate the considered in the aggregate, the Court finds little doubt that the CRRA has a The Supreme Court has held that Congress may exercise its Commerce surely met. In fact, the Ninth Circuit has specifically described the CRRA as "an
20 activity. Citizens Bank, 539 U.S. at 56–57. Therefore, the Court finds that the 21 22 23 D. 24 25 26 27 28
dormant Commerce Clause applies to the CRRA. Whether the CRRA Violates the Dormant Commerce Clause Although the Court has concluded that the CRRA implicates the dormant Commerce Clause, this "does not answer the question of whether the [CRRA]
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1 violates the dormant Commerce Clause." Manning, 301 F.3d at 995 (emphasis 2 3 4 The Supreme Court has "outlined a two-tiered approach" to analyzing state added).
5 economic regulations under the dormant Commerce Clause: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 When a statute directly regulates or discriminates against interstate commerce, or when its effect is to favor in-state economic interests over out-of-state interests, we have generally struck down the statute without further inquiry. When, however, a statute has only indirect effects on interstate commerce and regulates evenhandedly, we have examined whether the State's interest is legitimate and whether the burden on interstate commerce clearly exceeds the local benefits.
13 Valley Bank of Nev. v. Plus Sys., Inc., 914 F.2d 1186, 1189 (9th Cir. 1990) (quoting 14 Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Auth., 476 U.S. 573, 579 15 16 (1986)); see also Miller, 10 F.3d at 638; S.D. Myers, Inc. v. City and Cnty. of S.F., 17 18 19 Therefore, the Court "must first ask whether the Statute: 1) directly regulates 253 F.3d 461, 466 (9th Cir. 2001).
20 interstate commerce; 2) discriminates against interstate commerce; or 3) favors in21 22 23 does any of these things, "it violates the Commerce Clause per se, and we must 24 strike it down without further inquiry." Id. 25 26 27 28
state economic interests over out-of-state interests." Miller, 10 F.3d at 638. If it
The CRRA Violates the Commerce Clause Per Se
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The Supreme Court has held that "a statute that directly controls commerce occurring wholly outside the boundaries of a State exceeds the inherent limits of the
4 enacting State's authority and is invalid regardless of whether the statute's 5 extraterritorial reach was intended by the legislature." Healy, 491 U.S. at 336. This 6 7 8 Circuit has held that "[s]uch a statute is invalid per se, regardless of whether the 9 state intended to inhibit interstate commerce." Valley Bank, 914 F.2d at 1190. The 10 "critical inquiry is whether the practical effect of the regulation is to control conduct 11 12 beyond the boundaries of the State." Healy, 491 U.S. at 336 (quoting Edgar, 457 13 U.S. at 642–43 (1982) (plurality opinion)). 14 The Court finds that the CRRA explicitly regulates applicable sales of fine art 15 16 occurring wholly outside California. See Cal. Civ. Code § 986(a). Under its clear 17 18 19 long as the seller resides in California. Id. Even the artist—the intended beneficiary terms, the CRRA regulates transactions occurring anywhere in the United States, so is so "whether or not the commerce has effects within the state." Id. The Ninth
20 of the CRRA—does not have to be a citizen of, or reside in, California. Cal. Civ. 21 22 23 The following example illustrates the CRRA's problematic reach: Assume a Code § 986(c)(1).
24 California resident places a painting by a New York artist up for auction at 25 26 Sotheby's in New York, and at the auction a New York resident purchases the
27 painting for $1,000,000. In such a situation, the transaction that the CRRA 28
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1 regulates—the one between the New York auction house and the New York 2 3 4 receiving the royalty is a New York resident, the CRRA reaches out to New York 5 and regulates the transaction by mandating that Sotheby's (1) withhold $50,000 (i.e., 6 7 8 New York artist. Cal. Civ. Code § 986(a)(1). Should Sotheby's in New York fail to 9 comply, the New York artist may bring a legal action under California law (the 10 CRRA) to recover the applicable royalty. Cal. Civ. Code § 986(a)(3). If the artist 11 12 cannot be located, Sotheby's must send the money withheld in the transaction to the 13 California Arts Council. Id. 14 California's own Legislative Counsel recognized this problem with the CRRA 15 16 when the law was being considered in August of 1976. (Russell Decl. Ex. 5, at 32.) 17 18 19
purchaser5—occurs wholly in New York. Despite the fact that even the artist
5% of the auction sale price); (2) locate the artist; and (3) remit the $50,000 to the
In an opinion letter, Legislative Counsel George H. Murphy wrote that "[w]hile
20 the seller's agent; rather, it solely regulates the actual sale. 6 The Court received Defendants' Request for Judicial Notice (docket no. 18). The Court 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Notably, the CRRA does not purport to regulate any potential agreement between a seller and
grants the Request to take judicial notice of the legislative history of the CRRA, including, inter alia, prior versions of the bill, amendments, committee reports, and the written recommendations of the legislative counsel. See, e.g., Territory of Alaska v. Am. Can Co., 358 U.S. 224, 226–27 (1959) (taking judicial notice of, and analyzing, legislative history of a bill); Chaker v. Crogan, 428 F.3d 1215, 1223 n. 8 (9th Cir. 2005) (same); In re Reeves, 35 Cal. 4th 765, 777 n. 15 (2005) (same). The Court declines to take judicial notice of any other documents as they are unnecessary to this decision. The Court, however, does not rely upon the judicially noticed documents in reaching its conclusions on the constitutionality of the CRRA. It uses them simply for the purpose of adding context to the analysis, and in considering severability. See, e.g., Traverso v. People ex rel. Dep't (footnote continued)
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1 the state has a legitimate local interest in furthering the fiscal rights of artists within 2 3 4 country." (Id.) The Legislative Counsel further advised that the application of the 5 CRRA to "out-of-state sales . . . would be invalid under the commerce clause." (Id. 6 7 8 Plaintiffs' reliance on S.D. Myers is misplaced. (Opp'n to Jt. Mot. at 12.) In at 31.) this state, we find little such interest where the artist resides out of the state or
9 S.D. Myers, the Ninth Circuit confronted a wholly different set of facts. There, a 10 San Francisco ordinance required that "contractors with the City provide 11 12 nondiscriminatory benefits to employees with registered domestic partners." 253 13 F.3d at 465. An Ohio-based company filed suit, arguing that the ordinance was 14 invalid under, inter alia, the Commerce Clause. Id. at 466. In upholding the statute 15 16 from the Commerce Clause challenge, the Ninth Circuit relied on the fact that "the 17 18 19 affirmatively chosen to subject itself to the Ordinance by contracting with the City." Ordinance [would] affect an out-of-state entity only after that entity [had]
20 Id. at 469. The Court found important that the Ordinance was imposed only by an 21 22 23 24 40 (2011); Carter v. Charter Coal Co., 298 U.S. 238, 312–17 (1936). 7 Plaintiffs' reliance on Gravquick A/S v. Trimble Navigation Int'l Ltd., 323 F.3d 1219, 1224 25
(9th Cir. 2003), is similarly misplaced. There, as in S.D. Myers, the Ninth Circuit relied on the 26 fact that the relevant state law applied only "because the parties chose to be governed by California law" in a contract. Id. at 1224. of Transp., 46 Cal. App. 4th 1197, 1206, 1209 n. 11 (1996); People v. Soto, 51 Cal. 4th 229, 239–
affirmative contract, "rather than by legislative fiat." Id.7
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Here, on the other hand, the Complaints contain no allegation that Defendants affirmatively chose to be governed by California law. Instead, Defendants, both
4 New York corporations, find themselves subject to the law of California by virtue of 5 selling art that is owned by a California seller—even if the transaction takes place 6 7 8 artist. Cal. Civ. Code § 986(c)(1). 9 10 11 For these reasons, the Court finds that the CRRA has the "practical effect" of controlling commerce "occurring wholly outside the boundaries" of California even wholly in New York, and even if the beneficiary of the 5% royalty is a New York
12 though it may have some "effects within the State." Healy, 491 U.S. at 336. 13 Therefore, the CRRA violates the Commerce Clause of the United States 14 Constitution. 15 16 E. 17 18 19 agrees with Defendants that the offending portions of the CRRA cannot be severed, The Entire Statute Must Fall Although the CRRA contains a severability provision, the Court nonetheless
20 and thus the entire statute must fall. Cal Civ. Code § 986(e) ("If any provision of 21 22 23 for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applications 24 of this section which can be effected, without the invalid provision or application, 25 26 27 28
this section or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid
and to this end the provisions of this section are severable."); (Jt. Reply 12).
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The Supreme Court has held that "a court should refrain from invalidating more of [a] statute than is necessary." Regan v. Time, Inc., 468 U.S. 641, 652
4 (1984). The established standard for determining severability is: "Unless it is 5 evident that the Legislature would not have enacted those provisions which are 6 7 8 if what is left is fully operative as a law." Miller, 10 F.3d at 640 (emphasis omitted) 9 (quoting Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 108–109 (1976) (per curiam)). In Alaska 10 Airlines, Inc. v. Brock, the Supreme Court elaborated on this standard, holding that 11 12 "[t]he more relevant inquiry in evaluating severability is whether the statute will 13 function in a manner consistent with the intent of Congress [i.e., the legislature]." 14 480 U.S. 678, 685 (1987). 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 gallery or museum in California." (Russell Decl. Ex. 1, at 8) (emphasis added). 24 The bill was then amended, to ensure the CRRA applied "[w]henever a work of fine 25 26 art [was] sold and the buyer or the seller resides in California or the sale takes regulate only sales that took place in California. (See Russell Decl. Ex. 1.) Assembly Bill 1391, as introduced on April 2, 1975, provided for a resale royalty only where "an original work of fine art [was] sold at an auction or by a The legislative history of the CRRA, debated as Assembly Bill 1391, reveals that the legislature abandoned the initial version of the CRRA that purported to within its power, independently of that which is not, the invalid part may be dropped
27 place in California." (Russell Decl. Ex. 4, at 22) (emphasis in original). The bill 28
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1 was then amended again, deleting the reference to California buyers, but continuing 2 3 4 California." (Russell Decl. Ex. 6, at 34.) After the initial introduction of the bill, all 5 amended versions were consistent in one respect: they applied to sales taking place 6 7 8 Moreover, the legislature endorsed the CRRA's extraterritorial reach, despite outside California so long as the seller resided in California. to require a resale royalty for sales outside of California where the "seller resides in
9 the fact that California's Legislative Counsel advised both Assemblyman Sieroty 10 and then-Governor Brown, in opinion letters, that the bill "would constitute an 11 12 undue burden on interstate commerce in contravention of the Federal Constitution in 13 its application to sales which occur outside the State of California." (Id. Ex. 5, at 14 26; Ex. 7, at 42.) As Defendants pointed out in oral argument, the reason for the 15 16 legislature's decision seems obvious: were the CRRA to apply only to sales 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 108–109. Were the Court merely to sever the extraterritorial provisions of the 24 statute, it would create a law that the legislature clearly never intended to create. 25 26 27 28
occurring in California, the art market would surely have fled the state to avoid paying the 5% royalty. (Docket no. 39 at 21:10–17.) For these reasons, the Court finds that the California legislature "would not have enacted" the CRRA without its extraterritorial reach. Buckley, 424 U.S. at
The Court declines to do so. Therefore, the Court finds that the CRRA must fall in its entirety.
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IV. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Court finds that the California Resale Royalties Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 986, violates the Commerce Clause of the United States
6 Constitution. Because the Court finds that the offending provisions cannot be 7 severed, the entire statute is struck down. Therefore, Defendants' Joint Motion to 8 9 10 amendment would be futile. 11 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Dismiss the Complaints (docket no. 17) is GRANTED with prejudice, as
Dated: May 17, 2012
Jacqueline H. Nguyen Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation


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Salmon Croquettes
|Canned salmon
|15 1⁄2 Ounce
|Grated onion
|2 Tablespoon
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Hot sauce
|1 Dash
|Dry bread crumbs
|3 Tablespoon
|Vegetable cooking spray
|Vegetable oil
|1 Tablespoon
Place salmon in a colander, and rinse under cold rap water 1 minute; set colander aside to let salmon drain 1 minute.
Combine salmon, onion, egg, pepper, and hot sauce in a medium bowl; stir well.
Divide mixture into 6 equal portions; shape each portion into a croquette.
Roll each in breadcrumbs.
Coat a medium skillet wrth cooking spray.
Add oil; place over medium heat until hot.
Add croquettes, and cook 8 minutes or until golden brown, turning once.
Drain on paper towels.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1113 Calories from Fat 490
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 55 g84.2%
Saturated Fat 4.3 g21.4%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 321.3 mg107.1%
Sodium 2442.2 mg101.8%
Total Carbohydrates 36 g12%
Dietary Fiber 2.6 g10.2%
Sugars 4.5 g
Protein 96 g192.3%
Vitamin A 5% Vitamin C 3.8%
Calcium 11.6% Iron 17.5%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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New freeholder promises
•onpartisan cooperation
With the election behind us, I want to thank Atlantic County voters for electing me to serve as freeholder at large.
Results showed that ticket-splitting was at an all-time high. This sends a message that voters reject partisan bickering and demand elected leaders who will work together in the best interest of the public. I was a beneficiary of this, winning Republican-controlled towns such as Hamilton and Galloway townships, and I received the voters' message. I promise to work with officials from all political perspectives to make our county a better place to live - for everyone.
This does not mean I will be a rubber stamp. I will not compromise my values and I will ask tough questions and speak out. Voters want officials who fight for what is right, rather than for partisan advantage.
Atlantic County faces many challenges, from improving the economy to post-Sandy rebuilding, to addressing the Airport Circle debacle. But if we work together, I know the people of Atlantic County will persevere. I pledge my full cooperation to everyone who shares these important goals.
I will not lose sight of the fact that I work for you. Please call, write or email me with any issues or concerns you have regarding county government.
Atlantic City
Economic philosophy
of liberals is moronic
Regarding the Dec. 6 letter, "Trickle-up works better for America":
I am trying to understand the rationale of the writer, Democrats and liberals. It appears they don't believe in trickle-down economics, but do believe in trickle-down government.
They also believe wealth can trickle-up from the poor to the middle class or even to the rich. At the Democratic Convention, speakers talked about "from the middle class out." I guess that means wealth can trickle from the middle class sideways, down or even up. They think wealth trickles every which way but down. Their philosophy is moronic.
The fact is there is no such thing as trickle-down economics. It is not an economic term; it is a political term coined by Democrats. What conservatives believe in is not trickle-down economics, but supply-side economics. Also, we believe that trying to make a nation better by spending money is stupid.
Egg Harbor Township
Keep pressing officials
for Route 30 interchange
Regarding the Dec. 5 story, "Galloway parkway hearing gets off topic/Residents say Interchange 40 needs full connections more than 41 and 44":
When New Jersey Turnpike Authority representatives visited Galloway Township regarding changes to exits 41 and 44, residents and officials voiced frustration at the lack of democratic involvement in the process and at the focus of planned Garden State Parkway improvements.
The absence of a discussion of a full Route 30 interchange as a solution for our traffic, safety and economic development issues demonstrates the disconnect among levels of government.
A question remains unanswered: Could we have come up with a plan that addressed multiple issues and produced a more encompassing outcome? Economic data suggest investment in infrastructure such as roads produces better economic outcomes than business tax breaks - which the township has offered as an incentive for businesses to relocate.
Although the Turnpike Authority appears to be unaccountable to citizens, it is accountable to our elected leaders. The governor appoints most of the board members on the authority. He also can overturn an action of the authority by vetoing its minutes.
Citizens should direct their energy toward contacting local and state elected representatives, encouraging them to contact the Governor's Office and voice their constituents' opinions. Galloway Township's economic development cannot afford to wait 10 years for a full Garden State Parkway interchange at Route 30 to be developed.
Galloway Democratic Club
Galloway Township
In Congress, both parties
are behaving disgracefully
While Congress continues to spin its way toward the upcoming fiscal cliff, I find the whole situation laughable.
This issue should have been addressed long ago, but everyone was concerned about re-election and not the American public. Both sides are a disgrace in how they handle this issue, and the taxpaying public is subject to their phony rhetoric.
Now our politicians are getting ready to take a vacation before the issue is resolved. If these freeloading Congress members were in the private sector, they would have to stay and resolve the problem or be fired. Unfortunately, the taxpayer has to wait until election time to "fire" a politician. I'm all for term limits: Get something done and get out.
Recently, Congress voted to remove the word "lunatic" from all federal laws. I guess members wanted the word removed because it describes every one of them. Don't work on the serious problem, work on something that has nothing to do with anything.
A new poll gave Congress an 11 percent ethics rating, which was just above car salesman. This denigrates car salesman. I think Congress should have been rated at zero percent.
I recently changed my affiliation to independent. I do not want to be associated with either party. They disgust me, as I'm sure they do many other voters.
Little Egg Harbor Township
President ignoring
his promise of balance
President Barack Obama was the most liberal junior senator from Illinois and was elected to the highest office of the land. In his re-election campaign, he proposed a balanced approach to our nation's deficit and massive debt.
Now that he was re-elected, he has changed his tune. It is called bait and switch. He is using the middle class and is feeding on people's fears that if Republicans don't accept his plan to increase tax rates on the rich, our economy will go over the cliff. What he did not tell the American people is that he does not want entitlement cuts and he also wants a credit card on the debt ceiling. This is against the Constitution. Only Congress has the power of the purse.
Wake up, America. Be vigilant. Stand up and speak up before your voices are silenced. The left-wing socialist/progressives have a Trojan horse in the White House pushing an agenda called the New World Order. One world government, one world currency, one world military and one world secular religion. And it's full-speed ahead. Only the U.S. Constitution and the constitutional patriots are standing in the way.
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Edmon Chung writes:
Hi Gervase,
As .ASIA prepares for our IDN launch, we have published our draft IDN Language Policies at: http://www.idn.asia/main/2011/03/asia-cjk-chinese-japanese-korean-idn-policies.html. They should be finalized shortly and posted on our set of completed policies.
Wanted to see how we can work on having .ASIA on the whitelist.
They are using the JET guidelines which deal with anti-spoofing for Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters, so that's OK.
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I spoke face to face with Edmon at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco last week. They are working with the JET guidelines as Gerv mentions, and additionally their registry service provider, Afilias, is working tightly with the Anti-Phishing working groups to ensure good hygiene happens in this implementation of IDN.
FWIW I see their effort as totally aligned with (and perhaps stronger than many of) those TLDs that are currently whitelisted. Not sure if I count as a +1 here but...
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Approved for the mozilla2.0 repository, a=dveditz for release-drivers
Verified for 18.104.22.168 in source.


text: Hi, I was able to solve this issue with the help of Peter Samuelson from email@example.com. It was a quick fix: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/01/msg00362.html I also received a respond from the developer involves in this particular part of Tophat, he was kind enough to agree to look into this issue. I forwarded Peter's solution to him. I'm guessing they should be able to include it in the next upstream release. I'll be working next on getting the package fully ready for submission. Regards, Carlos On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Carlos Borroto <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Thanks Andreas, I just emailed debian-mentors. Let see if I can get > help from there. > > I also emailed directly the author on the headers comments in the > specific file causing the issue. This file was newly created in this > version, so I'm guessing is safe to assume he might be the best person > to troubleshoot this issue. > > I'll keep you posted. > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Andreas Tille <email@example.com> wrote: >> Hi Carlos, >> >> thanks for checking new upstream versions. In case you might not get a >> reasonable answer here (and I can't find any without deeper >> investigation a good address to foreward questions like this could be >> email@example.com. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Andreas. >> >> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 01:37:31PM -0500, Carlos Borroto wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> After updating the unreleased tophat package to a new upstream release >>> 1.4.0, the i386 build if failing: >>> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/89589761/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-i386.tophat_1.4.0-1~oneiric1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz >>> >>> The relevant part seems to be: >>> g++ -Wall -Wno-strict-aliasing -march=i686 -O3 -g -O2 -DNDEBUG >>> -I/usr/include/seqan -Wall -Wno-strict-aliasing -march=i686 -O3 -g -O2 >>> -DNDEBUG -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -L/usr/lib -o gtf_to_fasta >>> GTFToFasta.o FastaTools.o ../src/libtophat.a libgc.a -lbam -lz -lz >>> GTFToFasta.o: In function `GFaSeqGet': >>> /build/buildd/tophat-1.4.0/src/GFaSeqGet.h:66: undefined reference to >>> `GFaSeqGet::finit(char const*, long, bool)' >>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status >>> make[3]: *** [gtf_to_fasta] Error 1 >>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/tophat-1.4.0/src' >>> make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 >>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/tophat-1.4.0' >>> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 >>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/tophat-1.4.0' >>> dh_auto_build: make -j1 returned exit code 2 >>> make: *** [build] Error 2 >>> dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 >>> >>> The same package for amd64 builds without problem. >>> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/89809979/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-amd64.tophat_1.4.0-1~oneiric2_BUILDING.txt.gz >>> >>> I emailed tophat authors, but I was wondering is this is something any >>> of you have seen before? >>> >>> Also, searching to see if I can find a solution, I found a similar >>> situation in this bu report: >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/121461 >>> >>> The interesting part that caught my attention was: >>> "For whatever reason, on i386, the linker expects to link against >>> "unsigned int", but on both i386 and amd64, the libgtkmm-2.4 libraries >>> only offer an "unsigned long" version" >>> >>> I wonder if this is the problem here. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Carlos >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to email@example.com >>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com >>> Archive: http://firstname.lastname@example.com >>> >>> >> >> -- >> http://fam-tille.de >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to firstname.lastname@example.com >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact email@example.com >> Archive: email@example.com">http://firstname.lastname@example.com >>


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