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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Mar. 29, 2021

SM Kids, LLC v. Google LLC

Judge
Lorna Schofield
Docket
1:18-cv-02637
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureEvidence
In one sentence

In SM Kids v. Google, Judge Aaron ordered two filings unsealed and granted sealing for six others.

Who this affects

SM Kids, LLC and the parties whose documents were ordered unsealed or sealed.

What happened

SM Kids, LLC v. Google LLC concerned the parties’ joint request about documents covered by an earlier court order on sealing.

The court directed the Clerk to unseal documents filed at ECF Nos. 137 and 149. It granted SM Kids, LLC’s request to seal documents filed at ECF Nos. 179, 187, 194, 199, 200, and 203.

Judge Stewart D. Aaron issued the order after considering the parties’ letter and the applicable public-access test for court records.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
SM Kids, LLC v. Google LLC · No. 1:18-cv-02637
Judge
Lorna Schofield
Date
Mar. 29, 2021

Background

The court reviewed the parties’ joint letter concerning the sealing of documents identified in the court’s February 24, 2021 order.

Rulings

The court directed the Clerk of Court to unseal the documents filed at ECF Nos. 137 and 149.

The court granted the plaintiff’s application to seal ECF Nos. 179, 187, 194, 199, 200, and 203. It stated that it had considered the test described in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga and found that sealing was justified for the reasons stated in the parties’ letter.

Disposition

The order therefore unsealed two filings and granted the plaintiff’s sealing application for six other filings. The order was signed by Stewart D. Aaron, United States Magistrate Judge.

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