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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Apr. 3, 2020

In re: 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties

Judge
Loretta Preska
Docket
1:08-cv-10934
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In re: 650 Fifth Avenue, Judge Loretta Preska granted permission to file an unredacted letter under seal.

Who this affects

The Alavi Foundation and the 650 Fifth Avenue Company, whose unredacted letter may be filed under seal; the order concerns the confidentiality of information about the building's reserve funds.

What happened

In re: 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties concerned a request by the Alavi Foundation and the 650 Fifth Avenue Company to seal an unredacted letter about reserve funds for operating and managing the building.

The claimants said the letter contained nonpublic financial information and asked to keep the reserve amount confidential.

Judge Loretta A. Preska found that the letter contained confidential commercial information and granted the request to file it under seal.

The detailed version

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Case
In re: 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties · No. 1:08-cv-10934
Judge
Loretta Preska
Date
Apr. 3, 2020

Background

The Alavi Foundation and the 650 Fifth Avenue Company asked the court for permission to file under seal an unredacted copy of an April 2, 2020 letter. The letter discussed the amount of reserve funds held to facilitate the operation and management of 650 Fifth Avenue. The claimants requested that the information about the reserve amount remain confidential.

Ruling

The court found that the letter contained confidential commercial information. It granted counsel’s request to file the unredacted letter under seal.

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