The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc.
- Ona Wang
- 1:19-cv-02049
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc., Judge Wang granted ERIS’s application to provisionally seal summary-judgment materials and file public versions later.
ERIS Information Inc., Eco Log Environmental Risk Information Services Ltd., and ERIS Information Limited Partnership received the requested filing accommodation; The Sanborn Library LLC and Environmental Data Resources, LLC consented to it.
What happened
The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc. involved ERIS’s planned filing of materials supporting a motion for summary judgment. The materials included a legal memorandum, a statement of undisputed facts, declarations, and more than 100 exhibits.
ERIS asked to provide those materials on a flash drive instead of through the court’s electronic filing system and to file them under seal temporarily. ERIS also asked for until April 3, 2023, or another date set by the court, to formally request sealing only where needed and publicly file the remaining materials. The Sanborn Library LLC and Environmental Data Resources, LLC consented.
Judge Wang granted the application. The order did not decide the summary-judgment motion or the parties’ underlying claims.
The detailed version
- The Sanborn Library LLC v. ERIS Information Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-02049
- Ona Wang
- Mar. 1, 2023
Background
ERIS Information Inc., Eco Log Environmental Risk Information Services Ltd., and ERIS Information Limited Partnership—collectively referred to as ERIS—planned to file a motion for summary judgment. ERIS said its supporting materials would include a memorandum of law, a statement of undisputed material facts, one or more declarations, and more than 100 exhibits. Some exhibits contained deposition testimony and documents designated as confidential or highly confidential under the protective order.
Application
ERIS requested permission to submit the materials on a flash drive rather than through the court’s electronic filing system because of the number and size of the files and possible technical difficulties. ERIS also requested provisional filing under seal, service of the materials on Environmental Data Resources, LLC’s counsel, and an additional 31 days—until April 3, 2023, or another date set by the court—to file formal motions to seal materials that required confidential treatment and publicly file the rest. Counsel for The Sanborn Library LLC and Environmental Data Resources, LLC consented to the request.
Ruling
Judge Ona T. Wang endorsed the application with the order: “Application GRANTED. SO ORDERED.” The ruling granted ERIS’s requested filing and provisional-sealing procedure. It did not decide ERIS’s summary-judgment motion or the merits of the underlying dispute.
Classification basis
This is a procedural order because it addressed filing and sealing arrangements rather than the parties’ underlying legal claims.
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