Legal Opinion
Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 12, 1986No. Nos. 85-3423, 85-3424, 85-5529 and 85-5530PublishedCited by 397 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
These appeals require us to apply the principles and case law pertaining to Fed.R. Civ.P. 26(c) to a claim that certain materials obtained in civil discovery but alleged by the producing party to be confidential may be disclosed by the discovering party to the public. We must also consider whether we have appellate jurisdiction over the district court’s interlocutory order permitting disclosure of the materials.
The appeal arises from two of the several cases nationwide in which cigarette smokers or their personal representatives have instituted…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. RaddatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by397 opinions
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- John A. Pansy v. Borough of Stroudsburg Harold A. Bentzoni Kathryn Mikels John W. Osborne, II William Reber Mary Jean Knapik Maryann West Kowalshyn Richard F. Osswald Carl R. Rogers v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. T/a Pocono Record, Ronald F. Bouchard Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, Intervenors/appellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- In Re Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland in Or.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Citizens First National Bank of Princeton v. Cincinnati Insurance Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
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