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FORD v. CITY OF HUNTSVILLE

No. 00-20293.

242 F.3d 235 (2001)

Deneen FORD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF HUNTSVILLE; Hank Eckhardt, Defendants-Appellees, v. The Huntsville Item, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Sharkey, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Paul Christopher Watler (argued), John T. Gerhart, Jenkins & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX, for Movant-Appellant.

Paul C. Isham, City Atty. (argued), John Huntsville, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Gregg P. Leslie, Arlington, VA, for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Society of Professional Journalists, Amicus Curiae.

Kevin M. Goldberg, Richard M. Schmidt, Jr., Cohn & Marks, Washington, DC, for American Society of Newspaper Editors, Amicus Curiae.

Bruce W. Sanford, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, DC, for The Society of Professional Journalists, Amicus Curiae.

Before KENNEDY, JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant The Huntsville Item, a local newspaper, appeals from the district court's denial of its motion to intervene and motion to vacate an agreed order prohibiting disclosure of settlement documents in the underlying lawsuit between appellees, plaintiff Deneen Ford and defendant City of Huntsville. On appeal, appellant alleges that (1) it had standing to intervene in the original action, and (2) the district court erred in issuing the confidentiality...

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