Naccarato v. Rosauers Properties, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the presumption of access 2 to settlement negotiations, draft agreements, and conference statements is negligible to nonexistent”
• denying a newspaper access to a settlement agreement, noting that adhering to the express and shared wishes of confidentiality encourages settlement of litigation
• approving the sealing of settlement documents and drafts because of, inter alia, the court’s responsibility to encourage and facilitate settlements
• noting that “a principal function of a trial judge is to foster an atmosphere of open discussion among the parties’ attorneys and representatives so that litigation may be settled promptly and fairly so as to avoid the uncertainty, expense and delay inherent in a trial.”
• \We have jurisdiction of an appeal from an order which denies intervention. Our review invokes the abuse of discretion standard.\ (internal citations omitted)
• “access to settlement discussions and documents had no value to those monitoring the exercise of Article III judicial power by the federal courts’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).