Legal Opinion
Andrea Constand v. William Cosby, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 15, 2016No. 15-2797PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COÚRT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge
William H. Cosby, Jr., appeals the District Court’s order unsealing certain documents that reveal damaging admissions he made in a 2005 deposition regarding his sexual behavior. There was no stay of that order, and the contents of the documents received immediate and wide publicity. Wfliile the parties dispute whether the District Court properly balanced the public and private interests at stake in unsealing the documents, we must decide at the outset whether Cosby’s appeal has become moot due to the public disclosure of their contents. The Associated…
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