Legal Opinion
Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Hotel Rittenhouse Associates
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 8, 1986No. Nos. 85-1753, 85-1754PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we are faced with an issue that this court has confronted with increasing frequency in recent years: under what circumstances documents filed in the district court may be sealed from public access.
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Facts and Procedural History
The dispute that forms the basis for this case arose out of the construction of the Hotel Rittenhouse in Philadelphia, which is not yet completed. The factual record before us is spare. There appears to be little dispute about the relevant historical facts, which we present briefly from the appellant’s…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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