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· 6/16/1980

Rosenthal v. Carr

Citations

  • 447 U.S. 927
  • 100 S. Ct. 3024
  • 65 L. Ed. 2d 1121
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 2076

How courts have described this case

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  • requiring party requesting a 12 protective order to provide “specific demonstrations of fact, supported where possible by affidavits and concrete examples”
  • requiring party requesting a protective order to 17 provide “specific demonstrations of fact, supported where possible by affidavits and concrete 18 examples, rather than broad, conclusory allegations of potential harm”
  • “Speculative allegations of injury from the disclosure of years-old information are not sufficient to warrant issuance of a protective order.”
  • “While staleness of the information sought to be protected is not an absolute bar to issuance of an order, it is a factor which must be overcome by a specific showing of present harm.”
  • “The burden is on the party requesting a protective order to demonstrate that (1) the material in question is a trade secret or other confidential information within the scope of Rule 26(c), and (2) disclosure would cause an identifiable, significant harm.”

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