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“imply showing that the information would harm company's reputation is not sufficient to overcome the strong common law presumption in favor of public access to court proceedings and records.”
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44 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1499, 43 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 37,107, 44 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 37,410 Buetine Demery v. City of Youngstown, Patrick Ungaro, and Randall A. Wellington, Defendants
(2×)
But see Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789 (6th Cir.1983) (Amen II), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Jones v. City of Memphis, 586 F.2d 622 (6th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 914 , 99 S.Ct. 1230 , 59 L.Ed.2d 164 (1979); Lenoir v. Porters Creek Watershed District, 586 F.2d 1081 (6th Cir.1978). 45 Lastly, and most importantly, Mason was pre-Wilson, and, arguably, the rules of the game have changed. 46 If plaintiff here had not had Mason to rely on, there is a high likelihood that he would have made the more common argument 5 that the analogy should b…
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Demery v. City of Youngstown
(2×)
But see Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789 (6th Cir.1983) (Amen II), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Jones v. City of Memphis, 586 F.2d 622 (6th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 914 , 99 S.Ct. 1230 , 59 L.Ed.2d 164 (1979); Lenoir v. Porters Creek Watershed District, 586 F.2d 1081 (6th Cir.1978).
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United States v. Approximately up to $15,253,826 in Funds Contained in Thirteen Bank Accounts
imply showing that the information would harm company's reputation is not sufficient to overcome the strong common law presumption in favor of public access to court proceedings and records.
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Cited "see"
United States v. Eaton
See United States v. Lacy, 119 F.3d 742, 745-46 (9th Cir.1997), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 118 S.Ct. 1571 , 140 L.Ed.2d 804 (1998); United States v. Pitts, 6 F.3d 1366, 1369-70 (9th Cir. 1993).
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Cited "see"
Walker Systems, Inc. v. Hubbell Inc.
See Brown & Williamson Tobacco v. FTC, 710 F.2d 1165 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); In re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Petroleum Prods.
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Cited "see"
In Re Perrigo Company
(2×)
See Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. FTC, 710 F.2d 1165 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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Audiovisual Publishers, Inc. v. Cenco Inc.
(2×)
Such aids include the circumstances surrounding the formation of the consent judgment, any technical meaning words used may have had to the parties, and other documents expressly incorporated in the decree.” United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co., 420 U.S. 223, 238 , 95 S.Ct. 926, 935 , 43 L.Ed.2d 148 (1975), Further, the Supreme Court has ruled that terms in a consent decree may be interpreted in light of “the circumstances surrounding the formation of the consent order.” 17 ITT Continental Baking Co., 420 U.S. at 238 , 95 S.Ct. at 935 ; see United States v. American Cyan-amid Co.,…
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Scottish Air International, Inc. And Murray Vidockler v. British Caledonian Group, Plc, Adam Thomson, Dennis H. Walter, and R. Marshall Gibson
(2×)
See United States v. American Cyanamid Co., 719 F.2d 558, 565 (2d Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984) (modification of consent decree requires court approval).
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Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corp. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
See Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Federal Trade Comm’n, 710 F.2d 1165, 1170 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Independent Broker-Dealers’ Trade Ass’n v. Securities & Exch.
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Cited "see"
Atlantis Group, Incorporated, Plato Paper Products, Incorporated v. Warner, Norcross & Judd Paul K. Gaston, Rospatch Corp., J. Grant Beadle
See Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789, 795 (6th Cir.1983) cert. denied 465 U.S. 1101 (1984)
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Jochims v. Isuzu Motors, Ltd.
See Brown v. Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. F.T.C., 710 F.2d 1165, 1180 (6th Cir.1983) (the protection of trade secrets is "a recognized exception to the right of public access to judicial records”), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984). .
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United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
(2×)
See United States v. American Cyanamid Co., 719 F.2d 558, 564 (2d Cir.1983), ce rt. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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United States v. Western Electric Company Appeal of Pacific Telesis Group
(2×)
See generally United States v. American Cyanamid Co., 719 F.2d 558, 564 (2d Cir.1983) (“[W]hen the language of a consent decree provision is not clear on its face, a court of equity may, in construing the provision, consider the purpose of the provision in the overall context of the judgment at the time the judgment was entered.”), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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101 Ranch v. United States
See Omaha Indian Tribe v. Wilson, 614 F.2d 1153, 1157-58 (8th Cir.1980), following remand, cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 128 , 465 U.S. 1025 , 104 S.Ct. 1281 , 79 L.Ed.2d 684 (1984); Bear, 611 F.Supp. at 593 n. 2.
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Cited "see"
United States v. Analytis
(4×)
also: Cited "see, e.g."
See United States v. Gjieli, 717 F.2d 968 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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Cited "see"
United States v. Western Elec. Co., Inc.
(2×)
See United States v. American Cyanamid Co., 719 F.2d 558 , 564 n. 6 (2d Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984). 5 .
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Laurel C. Thomas v. Walter Shipka, in His Capacity as Clerk of the Parma Municipal Court
(2×)
See Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789 (6th Cir.1983) (Amen II), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Jones v. City of Memphis, 586 F.2d 622 (6th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 914 , 99 S.Ct. 1230 , 59 L.Ed.2d 464 (1979); Lenoir v. Porters Creek Watershed District, 586 F.2d 1081 (6th Cir.1978).
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Cited "see"
Laidlaw Acquisition Corp. v. Mayflower Group, Inc.
(2×)
See, United States v. American Cyanamid Co., 719 F.2d 558 (2d Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Chrysler Cory. v. General Motors Cory., 589 F.Supp. 1182 (D.D.C.1984); Monfort of Colorado, Inc. v. Cargill, Inc., 591 F.Supp. 683 (D.Colo.1983), aff'd, 761 F.2d 570 (10th Cir.1985) cert. granted, — U.S.-, 106 S.Ct. 784 , 88 L.Ed.2d 763 (1986) (the guidelines “are primarily a statement of ... enforcement intentions” and “a tool to assist Justice Department attorneys in determining which mergers to challenge”; they “do not represent legal pre…
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Standard Tank Installation Co. v. Elias (In Re Enna Associated Investors)
(2×)
See Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789, 793-94 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Gautreaux v. Pierce, 707 F.2d 265, 271 (7th Cir.1983) (Posner, J. concurring).
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Cited "see"
Federal Trade Commission v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
See Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. FTC, 710 F.2d 1165 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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Cited "see"
Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Mulligan
See Railway Labor Executives’ Association v. United States, 575 F.Supp. 1554 , 1555 n. 4 (Sp.Ct.R.R.R.A. 1983), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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United States v. Hsieh Hui Mei Chen and Tsang-Chi Chen
(2×)
See United States v. Gjieli, 717 F.2d 968, 972 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984). b.
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Cited "see, e.g."
Sturm v. Harb Development, LLC
See Stearns & Wheeler, LLC v. Kowalsky Bros., Inc., 289 Conn. 1 , 9-10 n.12, 955 A.2d 538 (2008); Kilduff v. Adams, supra, 219 Conn. 331 -32; see also United States v. Meldish, 722 F.2d 26, 28 (2d Cir. 1983) (“[u]nfair trade practices found their origin in the common law of torts, and, even today, they usually are treated as civil offenses, see, e.g., 15 U.S.C § 45 [the federal equivalent of CUTPA]”), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S. Ct. 1597 , 80 L.
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James Harold Wilmer, Jr. v. Board of County Commissioners of Leavenworth County
(2×)
Co., 520 F.2d 91 , 95 n. 22 (D.C.Cir.1975); see also Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789, 793-94 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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Feeling v. Kelly
(2×)
If the Court adopted defendants’ interpretation of paragraph 11, it would abdicate its “affirmative duty to protect the integrity of its decree.” Berger v. Heckler, 771 F.2d 1556, 1568 (2nd Cir.1985); see also United States v. American Cyanamid Co., 719 F.2d 558, 565 (2nd Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984) (modification of consent decree always requires court approval).
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United States v. Kirby Lee Jones
See, e.g., United States v. Meldish, 722 F.2d 26 (2d Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1597 , 80 L.Ed.2d 128 (1984) (holding that a prior conviction for falsifying a customs declaration is not an offense relating to business practices within the meaning of § 921(a)(20)(B)).
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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gary Van Waeyenberghe and Carl Leibowitz, and Howard K. Schwartz
“Public access [to judicial records] serves to promote trustworthiness of the judicial process, to curb judicial abuses, and to provide the public with a more complete understanding of the judicial system, including a better perception of its fairness.” Littlejohn, 851 F.2d at 682 ; see also Wil *850 son v. American Motors Corp., 759 F.2d 1568, 1571 (11th Cir.1985) (“The real focus of our inquiry is on the rights of the public in maintaining open records and the ‘check[ ] on the integrity of the system.’ ” (quoting Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. FTC, 710 F.2d 1165, 1178-79 (6t…
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S.E.C. v. Van Waeyenberghe
"Public access [to judicial records] serves to promote trustworthiness of the judicial process, to curb judicial abuses, and to provide the public with a more complete understanding of the judicial system, including a better perception of its fairness." Littlejohn, 851 F.2d at 682 ; see also Wilson v. American Motors Corp., 759 F.2d 1568, 1571 (11th Cir.1985) ("The real focus of our inquiry is on the rights of the public in maintaining open records and the "check[ ] on the integrity of the system.' " (quoting Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. FTC, 710 F.2d 1165, 1178-79 (6th Cir.), cert. den…
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Cited "see, e.g."
Republic of Philippines v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation
We have recognized that "[t]he common law right of access is not limited to evidence, but rather encompasses all 'judicial records and documents.' " United States v. Martin, 746 F.2d 964, 968 (3d Cir.1984) (quoting Nixon v. Warner Communications, 435 U.S. 589, 597 , 98 S.Ct. 1306, 1312 , 55 L.Ed.2d 570 (1978)); see also Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. FTC, 710 F.2d 1165, 1179 (6th Cir.1983) (recognizing "strong common law presumption in favor of public access to court proceedings and records"), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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Republic of the Philippines v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
We have recognized that “[t]he common law right of access is not limited to evidence, but rather encompasses all ‘judicial records and documents.’ ” United States v. Martin, 746 F.2d 964, 968 (3d Cir.1984) (quoting Nixon v. Warner Communications, 435 U.S. 589, 597 , 98 S.Ct. 1306, 1312 , 55 L.Ed.2d 570 (1978)); see also Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. FTC, 710 F.2d 1165, 1179 (6th Cir.1983) (recognizing “strong common law presumption in favor of public access to court proceedings and records”), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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Republic of the Philippines & National Power Corp. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
See also Brown & Wil liamson Tobacco Corp. v. FTC, 710 F.2d 1165, 1178-79 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984) (summarizing interests served by open proceedings).
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Cited "see, e.g."
United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
(2×)
See, e.g., United States v. American Cyanamid Co., 719 F.2d 558, 564 (2d Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984). *789 The Court in ITT further distinguished the three earlier cases by noting that in each of them the Government was seeking to punish past conduct by the defendant, whereas in ITT the parties were seeking simply to define the parameters of required future conduct by the defendant under the decree.
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Stam v. Derwinski
Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597-99 , 98 S.Ct. 1306, 1311-13 , 55 L.Ed.2d 570 (1978); see also Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. FTC, 710 F.2d 1165, 1178 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Publicker Indus., Inc. v. Cohen, 733 F.2d 1059, 1066-71 (3d Cir.1984); In re Continental Illinois Sec.
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Cited "see, e.g."
Pauzar v. Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Auth., 80 AD2d 844 ; see also, Matter of Board of Educ. v Ambach, 90 AD2d 227, 241-242 , affd 60 NY2d 758 , cert denied 465 US 1101 ).
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In re Consumers Power Co. Derivative Litigation
See also Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Federal Trade Comm'n., 710 F.2d 1165, 1179-80 (6th Cir.1983), cert denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Joy v. North, 692 F.2d 880, 894 (2d Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1051 , 103 S.Ct. 1498 , 75 L.Ed.2d 930 (1983).
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Coal Resources, Inc. v. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc.
(2×)
See also Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Petition of United States Steel Corp., 479 F.2d 489 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 859 , 94 S.Ct. 71 , 38 L.Ed.2d 110 (1973). 23 The [law of the case] doctrine precludes our reconsideration of the [previously decided issue] unless one of three "exceptional circumstances" exists: the evidence in a subsequent trial was substantially different; controlling authority has since made a contrary decision of law applicable to such issues; or the decision was clearly…
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United States v. Bay State Ambulance & Hospital Rental Service, Inc.
(2×)
See e.g., United States v. Brewster, 408 U.S. 501, 526 , 92 S.Ct. 2531, 2544 , 33 L.Ed.2d 507 (1972) (under 18 U.S.C. § 201 , “acceptance of the bribe is the violation of the statute, not performance of the illegal promise”); see also United States v. Gjieli, 717 F.2d 968, 973 (6th Cir.1983) (under 18 U.S.C. § 201 , there is no need to show that the person accepting the bribe could actually effect the object of the bribe), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); United States v. Jannotti, 673 F.2d 578, 601 (3d Cir.) (under Hobbs Act, a bribe is still illegal…
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Cited "see, e.g."
Coal Resources, Inc. v. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc.
(2×)
See also Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Petition of United States Steel Corp., 479 F.2d 489 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 859 , 94 S.Ct. 71 , 38 L.Ed.2d 110 (1973).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Littlejohn v. Bic Corporation
See, e.g., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. F.T.C., 710 F.2d 1165, 1180 (6th Cir.1983) (harm to reputation not sufficient to overcome common law presumption of access), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984). 52 BIC argues that it has shown how disclosure "would work a clearly defined and serious injury to its interests." The injury that BIC describes is an adverse effect on its disposable lighter sales by competitive use of the information and a potential loss in its capital stock value.
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Littlejohn v. BIC Corp.
See, e.g., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. F.T.C., 710 F.2d 1165, 1180 (6th Cir.1983) (harm to reputation not sufficient to overcome common law presumption of access), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1100 , 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Arthur J. Burton v. Dale E. Foltz
(2×)
See, e.g., Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789, 793-94 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); In re United States Steel Corp., 479 F.2d 489 , 493-94 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 859 , 94 S.Ct. 71 , 38 L.Ed.2d 110 (1973).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Indianer v. Franklin Life Insurance
See, e.g., Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789, 794 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 (1984).
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Maze v. City of Fond Du Lac
(2×)
See, e.g., Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789 (6th Cir.1983), ce rt. denied, 465 U.S. 1101 , 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984); Thomas W.
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Cipollone v. Liggett Group Inc.
See also Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. F.T.C., 710 F.2d 1165, 1180 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 104 S.Ct. 1595 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984) (documents unsealed in part because “[t]he public has a strong interest in obtaining the information contained in the court record.
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Florida Rock Industries, Inc. v. United States
See also Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984) (taking found even though landowners still had the right to live in their houses).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Tirolerland, Inc. v. Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Games, Inc.
See also Amen v. City of Dearborn, 718 F.2d 789, 798 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 104 S.Ct. 1596 , 80 L.Ed.2d 127 (1984).
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Morton
v.
Hildebrandt
v.
Hildebrandt
No. 83-1027.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Mar 19, 1984.
Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.