Mealey's (September 14, 2022, 9:20 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A writer who sued Texas A&M University (TAMU) for appropriating a sports biography he wrote filed a reply brief on Sept. 5, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in a suit that deals with sovereign immunity and the takings clause, arguing that the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling favoring TAMU because it is “an arm of the state,” “undermines federal copyright protection from state predation” and will “encourage more state piracy.”...