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CHICAGO TRIBUNE COMPANY v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC.

No. 00-15133.

263 F.3d 1304 (2001)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE COMPANY, The Washington Post Company, CBS Broadcasting, Inc., Los Angeles Time Communications, LLC, d.b.a. Los Angeles Times, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

DECIDED August 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Godbey Wood, Gilbert, Harrell, Gilbert, Sumerford & Martin, P.C., Brunswick, GA, Judith O'Kelley, Dorothy Yates Kirkley, Kirkley & Payne, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert Leonard Rothman, Roger A. Chalmers, Arnall, Golder & Gregory, Atlanta, GA, Kevin Taylor Baine, Mary-Rose Papandrea, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Samuel H. Franklin, Stephen J. Rowe, William Lawrence Deas, Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, AL, Alan B. Morrison, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, Peter Canfield, Jason S. McCarter, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, GA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before BLACK, RONEY and COX, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal of the district court's order unsealing documents previously filed pursuant to a protective order entered by stipulation of the parties. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c)(7). We vacate and remand with instructions for the district court to determine whether "good cause" exists for maintaining the documents under seal.

I. BACKGROUND

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