General Tire, Inc. v. Kepple

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, ENOCH, OWEN, BAKER and ABBOTT, Justices, join.

After settling and dismissing Kenneth Kepple’s suit against General Tire, Inc., Kepple’s attorneys moved on their own behalf to vacate a protective order issued pursuant to Rule 166b(5)(e) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure,1 which restricted their disclosure of documents General produced during discovery and designated as confidential. The district court granted the motion, holding that disclosure of the documents could not be restricted unless General complied with the procedures for sealing…