fwiw to @justonepost's point the wsj pointed out [1]: "U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli responded with a brief that urged the court to sidestep the case,

fwiw to @justonepost's point the wsj pointed out [1]: "U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli responded with a brief that urged the court to sidestep the case, particularly because the fair-use issue hadn’t been resolved in the lower court. Mr. Verrilli also said one of Google’s main arguments against copyrights on the Java packages was without merit." Times like this when I miss groklaw. [1] http://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-denies-google-appeal-on-oracle-suit-1435585873 http://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-denies-google-appe...