Speaking of Marvel and SCOTUS, here's a case that did get argued before the Court & resulted in a ruling: Kimble v. Marvel, over an inventor's rights in the patent used in toy Spider-Man web shooters! (by #jefftrexler) 
Kimble v. Marvel was a battle between contract rights and patent rights. The patent had expired - existing precedent established that royalty clauses are not enforceable for sales after a patent expires, but Kimble wanted this overruled.
The Court ruled in favor of upholding precedent, which meant that Kimble would no longer be paid royalties on the device. What made more news than the result, though, was the opening of Justice Kagan's final paragraph with a familiar quote.
Lost in commentary on SCOTUS quoting a comic book was the fact that "With great power comes great responsibility" was cited to justify the Court's decision to uphold precedent depriving patent holders of royalties regardless of the provisions in their contracts.
Was the end result fair? There are, as often in law, arguments on both sides - contract rights on one side; the integrity of the public domain on the other.
What's more clear is that the Court should read comics more closely. If AF 15's "great responsibility" quote meant that those with power to change the world should hesitate to use it, the story would have ended with Peter Parker not stopping the burglar.
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