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· 5/28/1999

Citizens First National Bank of Princeton v. Cincinnati Insurance Company, Cross-Appellee

Citations

  • 178 F.3d 943
  • 51 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1218
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 11121
  • 1999 WL 342772

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that public has a right to access judicial proceedings unless good cause overrides that right
  • holding that \[t]here is no objection to an order that allows the parties to keep their trade secrets (or some other properly demarcated category of legitimately confidential information) out of the public record\
  • concluding that a protective order allowing the parties to designate virtually any discovery materials as con- 38 No. 07-2651 fidential, even those introduced into the judicial record, was overbroad
  • holding that a judge “may not rubber stamp a stipulation to seal the record”
  • holding that a judge “may not rubber stamp a stipulation to seal the record”
  • suggesting that district courts should apply “good cause” analysis to protective orders even where underlying documents were actually introduced at trial

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Judges: Posner, Bauer, Easterbrook

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