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JOINT STOCK SOC. v. UDV NORTH AMERICA, INC.

No. Civ.A. 95-749-GMS.

104 F.Supp.2d 390 (2000)

JOINT STOCK SOCIETY, "Trade House of Descendants of Peter Smirnoff, Official Purveyor to the Imperial Court," and The Russian American Spirits Company, Plaintiffs, v. UDV NORTH AMERICA, INC., and Pierre Smirnoff Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

July 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Finger, Wilmington, Delaware, for intervenor Rita Katz Farrell.

M. Duncan Grant, Tara L. Lattomous, Monica Leigh Loftin, Andrea B. Untenberger, Pepper Hamilton, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, Atlanta, GA (James W. Hawkins, Hillary Harp, Todd E. Jones, of counsel), for plaintiffs The Joint Stock Society and The Russian American Spirits Company.

Allen M. Terrell, Jr., Peter B. Ladig, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White LLP, Washington, DC (William L. Webber, Kenneth W. Brothers, Kelly Clement, Erik Bertin, of counsel), for defendants UDV North America, Inc. and Pierre Smirnoff Company.

OPINION

SLEET, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

On July 1, 1999, this court allowed Rita Farrell, a reporter with Reuters News Service, to intervene in this matter for the specific purpose of challenging the "confidential" designation of over 8,000 pages of material filed under seal in this case. Emphasizing the important First Amendment and common law interests in affording Ms. Farrell timely access to these judicial records, the court...

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