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· 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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