Ressie Moore v. Ford Motor Company

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This is a proceeding to enforce agreed protective orders entered ten years ago. Pursuant to these orders, Ford Motor Company produced a number of Volvo Car Corporation documents that it designated as confidential. After objecting to the confidential status of these documents, plaintiffs distributed and used them in litigation against Ford competitors. Ford moved to protect these documents under the agreed protective orders. Rejecting a claim of waiver, the magistrate judge found the documents to be protected by the agreed orders. The district court…