In re: 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties
- Loretta Preska
- 1:08-cv-10934
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In In re: 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties, Judge Preska granted a request to seal an unredacted letter containing confidential commercial information.
Alavi Foundation and the 650 Fifth Avenue Company were permitted to file the unredacted letter under seal; the ruling concerned access to the letter's confidential commercial information.
What happened
In In re: 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties, Alavi Foundation and the 650 Fifth Avenue Company asked to file an unredacted letter under seal. The letter discussed rental income from the building during December 2019, January 2020, and February 2020.
The claimants argued that the letter contained confidential financial information that was not public. They also noted that the court had previously allowed similar financial reports about the building to be filed under seal.
Judge Loretta A. Preska found that the letter contained confidential commercial information and granted the request to file the unredacted letter under seal.
The detailed version
- In re: 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties · No. 1:08-cv-10934
- Loretta Preska
- Mar. 30, 2020
Background
Claimants Alavi Foundation and the 650 Fifth Avenue Company asked the court for permission to file under seal an unredacted copy of their March 27, 2020 letter. The letter discussed rental income derived from the building during December 2019, January 2020, and February 2020.
The claimants argued that the letter referred to confidential information contained in financial reports about the building. They stated that this information was not public and that the court had previously granted their request to file similar financial reports under seal. The claimants provided the Government and the Monitor with an unredacted copy of the letter.
Ruling
Judge Loretta A. Preska found that the letter contained confidential commercial information. The court granted counsel's request to file the unredacted letter under seal. The opinion does not describe any other ruling.
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