Legal Opinion
Vantage Health Plan, Inc. v. Willis-Knighton Med. Ctr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 2019No. 17-30867PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
In the midst of a complex antitrust case, the district court ordered that certain confidential business documents belonging to a non-litigant party should be unsealed (but redacted) if and when they are filed on the public docket. The non-litigant appealed. This court has jurisdiction under the collateral order doctrine. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in issuing the order because it applied the proper legal standards and provided sufficiently specific reasons to enable meaningful appellate review. Accordingly, the district…
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