Edmond v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that the common law right of access is applicable and declining to decide whether a right to access certain records “might also be grounded on the First Amendment”
• remanding to the district court with the direction to enter an order unsealing documents relating to a settlement agreement
• reversing district court order denying motion to unseal settlement agreement that was filed on docket
• distinguishing between a disputed settlement agreement filed with the court (a judicial document) and the products of pretrial discovery (not judicial documents)
• describing “the strong public interest in encouraging settlement of private litigation”
• “The court’s . . . action on a motion [is a] matter[] which the public has a right to know about and evaluate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).