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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 18, 2023

Manbro Energy Corporation v. Chatterjee Advisors, LLC

Judge
Lorna Schofield
Docket
1:20-cv-03773
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureEvidence
In one sentence

In Manbro Energy v. Chatterjee Advisors, Judge Schofield granted Defendants’ request to keep a confidential exhibit sealed.

Who this affects

The Defendants and the non-party investors whose confidential and personal information was included in Exhibit A.

What happened

In Manbro Energy Corporation v. Chatterjee Advisors, LLC, Defendants asked the court to keep Exhibit A under seal. They said it contained confidential and personal information about investors in Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd., which was not a party to the case.

The court granted the application for substantially the reasons stated in Defendants’ request. It directed the Clerk of Court to keep all documents currently filed under seal sealed.

Judge Lorna G. Schofield issued the order dated January 18, 2023.

The detailed version

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

Case
Manbro Energy Corporation v. Chatterjee Advisors, LLC · No. 1:20-cv-03773
Judge
Lorna Schofield
Date
Jan. 18, 2023

Background

Defendants asked the court to keep Exhibit A to the declaration of Mark A. Kirsch under seal. The exhibit was submitted in opposition to Plaintiff’s motions in limine. Defendants stated that the exhibit contained confidential and personal information about non-party investors in Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd., which was also a non-party.

Court’s ruling

The court granted the application for substantially the reasons stated in Defendants’ request. The Clerk of Court was directed to maintain under seal all documents currently filed under seal.

Effect

The ruling keeps the documents already filed under seal from being publicly disclosed. The order addressed sealing only and did not decide the underlying dispute between the parties.

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