Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga

KATZMANN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the efforts of certain news organizations to intervene to secure access to documents filed under seal in regard to a motion for summary judgment. It calls upon us to determine, inter alia, whether the media intervenors can appeal a district court order that was not a final judgment, whether such documents constitute “judicial documents,” and whether an immediate right of access under both the common law and First Amendment obtains.

In June 2004, the Herald Company and Capital Newspapers Division of the Hearst Corporation (“Newspapers”) sought to…