Legal Opinion
Brown v. Advantage Engineering, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1992No. 91-8675PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal once again concerns the public’s right of access to judicial records in a civil case. The appellant seeks to review pleadings, motions, and evidence openly submitted in district court that were subsequently sealed pursuant to a court monitored settlement. Because we conclude that the district court abused its discretion in sealing court records without a compelling reason, we VACATE the district court’s protective order sealing the file in this case and REMAND for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. BACKGROUND
On July 30, 1986, Antonio Brown suffered…
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