Hardy v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

SUMMARY ORDER

Intervenors Time, Inc. (“Time”) and The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press appeal from the order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Griesa, J.) denying their request to unseal several documents on the docket. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history, and the issues presented for review. We vacate the order of the district court and remand so it can balance the presumptions of public access to court documents against countervailing interests.

In 1983, a member of a demolition-workers union…