MATTER OF CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS SECURITIES LITIGATION

No. 83-2973.

732 F.2d 1302 (1984)

In the Matter of CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS SECURITIES LITIGATION. Appeal of CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS CORP. & Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin P. Auwarter, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Michael Conway, Jeremiah Marsh, William J. McKenna, Jr., Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, Ill., Robert D. Sack, Ann Loeb, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for appellee.

Before PELL, CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 20, 1984.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we must balance the public's right of access to documents relied on as evidence in civil proceedings against a party's interest in the confidentiality — based primarily upon the attorney-client privilege — of its investigation into the merits of derivative suits brought on its behalf. The district court held that Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (publisher...

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