Four of the court's nine justices did not participate in consideration of the appeal by the music labels. They did not provide a rationale for their recusal. The remaining justices determined that the case could not be resolved in the coming term, resulting in the lower court's ruling being upheld. //

A provision of US copyright law allows artists to terminate copyright transfer agreements and reclaim their rights after decades under certain ‌circumstances. ⁠For example, copyright grants from before 1978 must be at least 56 years old, and the copyrighted work cannot have been written for hire. The law was meant to address the lack of bargaining power for unknown artists who signed away rights to their works that later became more valuable.
Invoking this law, Vetter sent a copyright termination notice to Windsong in 2019, with an effective date of 2022. Resnik Music Group bought Windsong later in 2019.
Vetter ⁠sued Resnik in federal court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 2023, alleging that Resnik "refuses to relinquish claim to the 'Double Shot' copyright outside of the United States and purports to retain the exclusive right to exploit the work in all foreign countries."
US District Judge Shelly Dick ruled in favor of Vetter ⁠in 2025 and declared him the "sole owner of all right, title and interest throughout the world" of his reclaimed "Double Shot" copyright. The 5th Circuit affirmed Dick's ruling in January.