The annotated code, produced by legal publisher LexisNexis, was only available for a fee until Public.Resource.Org republished it online, Ars Technica reports.

The state of Georgia claimed copyright over the annotations and successfully sued the non-profit.

Although PRO successfully overturned the ruling in a state-level appeal court, they referred the case to the Supreme Court in a bid to set a nationwide precedent.

The court backed the non-profit’s argument that official documents of the state legislature cannot be copyrighted by 5-4.