· 5/13/1985
Barbara D. Wilson v. American Motors Corp., Jean Decker
Citations
- 759 F.2d 1568
- 11 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2008
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 29576
How courts have described this case
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- finding that parties “do not have the right to agree to seal what were public records.”
- finding that parties “do not have the right to agree to seal what were public records.”
- observing that “trials are public proceedings” and that access to court records preserves “the rights of the public, an absent third party”
- observing that “trials are public proceedings” and that access to court records preserves “the rights of the public, an absent third party”
- observing that “trials are public proceedings” and that access to court records preserves “the rights of the public, an absent third party”
- stating that denying the public access to litigation records must be necessitated by a compelling governmental interest, and the denial must be narrowly tailored to that interest
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Judges: Fay, Anderson, Gibson
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