Legal Opinion
Migliaccio v. Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 25, 2012No. Nos. 11-55369, 11-55372PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Intervenor Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (“Allianz”) appeals the district court’s order denying its motion to unseal judicial records.1 Because the records at issue were filed in connection with pending summary judgment motions, we reverse and remand to the district court to grant the motion.
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We recount the procedural background of the underlying cases to “provide[ ] context for the unsealing order.” Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2006). The district court presided over four class action cases, each brought by the same plaintiffs’…
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