Legal Opinion

Contratto v. Ethicon, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided February 7, 2005No. C 03-3804 MJJ(BZ)PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO UPHOLD CONFIDENTIAL DESIGNATION OF DOCUMENTS

ZIMMERMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Now before me is the motion of defendants Ethicon, Inc. (“Ethicon”) and Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (“Lifecore”) to uphold the confidential designation of certain documents. The facts underlying this litigation *307are largely set forth in my November 18, 2004 Order denying defendants’ motion for a protective order.

On February 9, 2004, Judge Jenkins signed a stipulated protective order, which, among other things, allowed defendants to designate certain documents as…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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