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CARROLL v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL CORP.

No. 92-3189.

982 F.2d 1255 (1993)

James CARROLL, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL CORPORATION; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; Sickness and Accident Disability Benefits Plan, Medical Plan; Group Life Insurance Plan; The Benefit Plan Committee of the Sickness and Accident Disability Benefits Plan; The Employee Benefit Committee of the Pension Plan, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

January 11, 1993.

JOHN R. GIBSON, dissenting.

I respectfully dissent.

This case involves a dispute over attorneys' fees in an ERISA claim that was settled. All of the settlement papers in the ERISA claim were sealed by the district court.

I feel strongly that the business of the courts is public business. I would require the parties to air their dispute in public. This case does not involve trade secrets, just a desire to keep the terms of a settlement secret. This...

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