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TAVOULAREAS v. WASHINGTON POST CO.

No. 83-1688.

724 F.2d 1010 (1984)

William P. TAVOULAREAS, et al. v. The WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, d/b/a the Washington Post, a Delaware Corporation, et al. Appeal of MOBIL CORPORATION, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1984.

Rehearings Denied March 15, 1984.

Rehearing Granted March 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren Kieve, Washington, D.C., with whom Judah Best and George A. Birrell, Washington D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

David E. Kendall, Washington, D.C., with whom Irving Younger, Kevin T. Baine, and Scott M. Matheson, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee The Washington Post Co.

Anthony C. Epstein, Washington, D.C., with whom Robert R. Bruce and Judy D. Lynch, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al.

Joseph A. Artabane, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee Tavoulareas.

H. Bartow Farr, III, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee Sandy Golden.

Before TAMM and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing En Banc Granted March 15, 1984.*

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Mobil Oil Corporation (Mobil) seeks reversal of the portion of a June 21, 1983 district court order that unsealed 3800 pages of deposition transcripts and 425 accompanying exhibits. The depositions and exhibits were initially designated confidential by Mobil pursuant to a "blanket" protective order issued on...

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