TD Bank, N.A. v. Williams

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 greater the public interest in the litigation’s subject matter, the greater the showing necessary to overcome the presumption of access”
• holding that the public has a strong interest in obtaining information contained in the court record
• concluding that “only the most compelling reasons can justify non-disclosure of judicial records.” (quotation omitted)
• recognizing that there is a lower requirement for protective orders relating to discovery, during which secrecy is permitted, than for orders to seal court records, which carry a strong presumption of openness
• recognizing that there is a lower requirement for protective orders relating to discovery, during which secrecy is permitted, than for orders to seal court records, which carry a strong presumption of openness
• explaining that “the privacy interests of innocent third parties should weigh heavily in a court’s balancing equation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).