Legal Opinion
Marshall v. Planz
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided November 29, 2004No. Civil Action 1:97cv793-TPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
The current issue before the court, in this closed antitrust and defamation case, is whether non-parties should be allowed to intervene and have vacated an order, entered after final judgment, sealing the entire record. For the reasons given below, the court holds that the relief requested by the non-parties should be granted.
I. BACKGROUND
In May 1997, in this Alabama federal court, plaintiff William G. Marshall, a cardiovascular surgeon, sued defendant Edward Planz, his former business partner, and defendant Southeastern Cardiovascular Associates, the…
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