Tenth Circuit: Independent Producers Group v. CRB


Copyright Royalty Judges'  denial of claims as a discovery sanction wasn't a violation of constitutional due process -- as the tribunal is a largely clerical creature of statute, a different calculus applies to review of discovery sanctions than is applied in Article III courts.

Although the tribunal had earlier rejected the scheme that it eventually adopted, the new information provided in the interval constituted a quantum of persuasive evidence.