Legal Opinion
Littlejohn v. BIC Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 6, 1988No. 87-1666PublishedCited by 201 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
I
This appeal requires us to consider the application of the common law right of access to judicial records where materials which were initially discovered under the aegis of a protective order requiring confidentiality are later admitted into evidence at an open civil trial. We are presented with two disputes over access to trial transcripts and exhibits that arose after the final settlement of a products liability suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
In the primary dispute, Philadelphia News, Inc. (PNI)…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
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