Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.
435 U.S. 589 (1978) Cited 6,190 times 9 Legal AnalysesHolding that "business information that might harm a litigant's competitive standing" can constitute a sufficient reason to preserve records under seal
United States v. Hubbard
650 F.2d 293 (D.C. Cir. 1980) Cited 303 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that the district court should not have unsealed the documents where the documents "were not determined by the trial judge to be relevant to the crimes charged ... were not used in the subsequent 'trial'; nor were they ... described or even expressly relied upon by the trial judge in his decision on the suppression motion"
Washington Post v. Robinson
935 F.2d 282 (D.C. Cir. 1991) Cited 139 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that First Amendment protects public access to plea agreement on which judgment has been entered
In re Grand Jury Subpoena, Judith Miller
438 F.3d 1138 (D.C. Cir. 2006) Cited 16 timesRecognizing that "when information is sufficiently widely known" it has no "character [of] Rule 6(e) material" (quoting In re North , 16 F.3d at 1245 )
Shea v. Gabriel
520 F.2d 879 (1st Cir. 1975) Cited 40 timesHolding that the government's retention of seized property without commencing some sort of proceeding would violate the Constitution if the delay took on "unreasonable proportions"
Matter of Sealed Affidavit(s) to Search Warrants
600 F.2d 1256 (9th Cir. 1979) Cited 28 timesSealing papers filed with the court
Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Cited 97,825 times 674 Legal AnalysesAdopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 6 - The Grand Jury
Fed. R. Crim. P. 6 Cited 1,373 times 6 Legal AnalysesLimiting extensions to "no more than 6 months, except as otherwise provided by statute"