Legal Opinion
IDT Corp v. AR Public Law Center
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 11, 2013No. 11-3009PublishedCited by 251 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
The Arkansas Public Law Center (“APLC”) moved to unseal a complaint filed by IDT Corp. and Net2Phone, Inc. in a civil suit against eBay, Inc., Skype, Inc., and Skype Technologies S.A. The district court 1 denied APLC’s motion. We discern no abuse of discretion in the district court’s decision to seal sensitive business information included in the complaint, but we vacate the order and remand for the district court either to explain why sealing of the entire pleading is warranted or to unseal a redacted version of the complaint.
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