Carroll v. Southwestern Bell Corp., 92-3189
Decision Date | 11 January 1993 |
Docket Number | No. 92-3189,92-3189 |
Citation | 982 F.2d 1255 |
Parties | James CARROLL, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL CORPORATION; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; Sickness and Accident Disability Benefits Plan, Medical Plan; Group Life Insurance Plan; The Benefit Plan Committee of the Sickness and Accident Disability Benefits Plan; The Employee Benefit Committee of the Pension Plan, Appellees. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Appellant's motion to seal his opening brief on appeal and Volumes I and IV of his appendix is granted.
JOHN R. GIBSON, dissenting.
This case involves a dispute over attorneys' fees in an ERISA claim that was settled. All of the settlement papers in the ERISA claim were sealed by the district court.
I feel strongly that the business of the courts is public business. I would require the parties to air their dispute in public. This case does not involve trade secrets, just a desire to keep the terms of a settlement secret. This the parties may do, but when they ask the court's blessing, they ask too much. I have serious concerns about propriety of the district court order sealing the terms of the settlement. This court should not perpetuate this ruling.
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