435 U.S. 589 (1978) Cited 6,080 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that "business information that might harm a litigant's competitive standing" can constitute a sufficient reason to preserve records under seal
420 U.S. 469 (1975) Cited 948 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that a radio station could not constitutionally be held liable for broadcasting the name of a rape victim, because the victim's name was contained in public records
Holding that pseudonymous filing "runs afoul of the public's common law right of access" and allowed only when necessary "to protect a person from harassment, injury, ridicule or personal embarrassment"
Holding that while "[m]any a litigant would prefer that the subject of the case ... be kept from the curious," "[w]hat happens in the halls of government is presumptively public business"
Holding that, because the defendant did not raise "a specific factual dispute about issues affecting the temporal term of sentence," and instead presented "a general evidentiary legal challenge to the inclusion of information in the PSR drawn from sources other than the plea agreement ... the district court did not violate Rule 32(B) by not ruling on [the defendant's] objection"
Holding that civil rights plaintiffs’ right to remain anonymous was "plainly independent and easily separable from ... their allegations that defendants have engaged in illegal sex discrimination"