Hudock v. LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.
- John Tunheim
- 0:16-cv-01220
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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In Hudock v. LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., Magistrate Judge Menendez granted the joint motion, unsealing some documents and keeping others sealed.
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What happened
Hudock v. LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. concerned documents that the parties had temporarily filed under seal in connection with a motion to exclude a declaration.
The parties agreed that some documents should be unsealed while others should remain sealed under the standards for non-judicial records. The opinion does not describe the underlying dispute.
The court granted the joint motion. Magistrate Judge Katherine Menendez ordered the Clerk to unseal 12 listed docket entries and keep 13 other listed entries under seal.
The detailed version
- Hudock v. LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. · No. 0:16-cv-01220
- John Tunheim
- May 26, 2020
Background
The court considered the parties’ joint motion about continued sealing of documents filed temporarily under seal in connection with the plaintiffs’ motion to exclude the declaration of Taylor Vander Aarde. The parties had filed 25 documents under temporary seal. They agreed that some should be unsealed and that others should remain sealed under the legal standards governing non-judicial records.
Ruling
Applying the standards discussed in IDT Corp. v. eBay, the court granted the joint motion. It ordered the Clerk of Court to unseal docket entries 480, 480-2, 480-4, 480-5, 480-10, 480-11, 480-12, 480-13, 508, 508-3, 508-4, and 508-7. It ordered the Clerk to keep docket entries 477, 480-1, 480-3, 480-6, 480-7, 480-8, 480-9, 480-14, 480-15, 508-1, 508-2, 508-5, and 508-6 under seal.
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