Legal Opinion
Cipollone v. Liggett Group Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 17, 1985No. Civ. A. No. 83-2864PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAROKIN, District Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the magistrate prohibiting the plaintiff from disseminating or publicizing documents, testimony and other matters obtained through the discovery process. In reviewing an order of this nature, certain fundamental principles must be considered before addressing the specific terms and conditions of the order on appeal.
Materials obtained through the discovery process are the result of a form of judicial compulsion. Were it not for the existence of the ongoing litigation, the parties would not have access to most of the information…
2Cases cited66 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. RaddatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Public Citizen v. Liggett Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Avirgan v. HullDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1987
- Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc. v. PaasDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 2007
- Culinary Foods, Inc. v. Raychem Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1986
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