Legal Opinion
Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 10, 1981No. Civ. A. Nos. 74-2451, 74-3247. MDL No. 189PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
Table of Contents
I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 872
A. Introduction 872
B. Case Management History as it Bears Upon Confidentiality 877
C. General Description of the Documents Whose Confidentiality is at
Issue 882
D. The Contentions of the Parties rj 884
E. The Framework for Dealing with the Motions and an Overview of
Their Resolution 887
II. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFIDENTIALITY 889
A. Confidentiality Orders Pursuant to Federal Rule 26(c)(7) 889
B. The Validity of Pretrial Order 35 892
C. The Propriety of Wholesale Declassification ^93
III. COMMON LAW ACCESS RIGHTS TO…
2Cases cited80 opinions
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- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by134 opinions
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- Leucadia, Inc. v. Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc., Richard I. Burstein, Proposed IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Littlejohn v. BIC Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- In Re Alexander Grant & Co. Litigation, (Esm-1). Appeal of News and Sun-Sentinel Co. And John EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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