Legal Opinion
In Re Thow
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided December 14, 2007No. 05-30432PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON MOTIONS FOR ACCESS
PHILIP H. BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judge.
Before the court are motions brought by news media seeking to intervene in this Chapter 15 1 proceeding for the limited purpose of gaming access to the Rule 2004 examination of the Debtor, taken by the foreign representative, and to the record of that examination (which has not been filed), as well as access to any future examinations.
I conclude that the public interest in allowing the media to bring their motions is cause for intervention, but that the Rule 2004 examination is in the nature of discovery, and good cause to deny…
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