Phar-Mor, Inc. v. Named Under Seal (In Re Phar-Mor, Inc.)

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• discussing the court’s century old authority to protect litigants from scandalous or defamatory material and concluding that Rule 12(f
• tracing “[t]he authority to protect persons from scandalous or defamatory material” to Rule 26 of the Rules of Practice for the Courts of Equity of the United States, a precursor to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(f)
• “If the § 107(b) exceptions are applicable, the inquiry must shift to whether Defendants have shown cause to invoke an exception, given the totality of the circumstances here found.”
• public disclosure of documents should be decided under § 107
• predating § 107(c) and only applying § 107(b)

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