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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 30 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Danco Laboratories, Ltd. v. Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter, Ltd..

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1 Danco Laboratories, Ltd. v. Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter, Ltd. Anchor
nyappdiv · 2000
green “party seeking to seal court records has the burden to demonstrate compelling circumstances to justify restricting public access” 16
2 Dawson v. White & Case
nyappdiv · 1992
green “ought not to be required to make their private financial information public ... where no substantial public interest would be furthered by public access to that information.” 11
3 Madden v. Atkins
nyappdiv · 1957
green “rest on a sound basis or legitimate need to take judicial action.” 3

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