On June 16, 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit upheld the and affirmed the judgement of the District Court. Download a PDF of the decision by clicking here.Leslie S. Klinger has won his appeal against the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate, proving in the US Court of Appeals that all material (including the characters of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson themselves) published prior to The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes is fair game for Sherlockians!
Yay!
June 2014: Appeal Courts Decision