Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc.

Decided March 4, 2019. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-1625 · 586 U.S. 334 (2019) · Cited 214 times

Holding

A federal district court’s discretion to award “full costs” to a party in copyright litigation pursuant to 17 U. S. C. §505 is limited to the six categories specified in the general costs statute codified at 28 U. S. C. §§1821 and 1920.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc. · 482 U.S. 437 (1987)
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey · 499 U.S. 83 (1991)
• Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy · 548 U.S. 291 (2006)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Marx v. General Revenue Corp. · 568 U.S. 371 (2013)
• Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. · 566 U.S. 560 (2012)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. · 586 U.S. 9 (2018)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Barton v. Barr · 590 U.S. 222 (2020)
• Peter v. NantKwest, Inc. · 589 U.S. 23 (2019)
• Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson · 587 U.S. 435 (2019)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian · 590 U.S. 1 (2020)
• Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc. · 590 U.S. 255 (2020)
• Bufkin v. Collins · 604 U.S. 369 (2025)
• Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation · 605 U.S. 38 (2025)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2019). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).