BANK OF AMERICA NAT. TRUST v. HOTEL RITTENHOUSE

Nos. 85-1753, 85-1754.

800 F.2d 339 (1986)

BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, a national banking association v. HOTEL RITTENHOUSE ASSOCIATES, a Pennsylvania limited partnership, Jack L. Wolgin, Jack L. Wolgin Associates, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, both general partners of Hotel Rittenhouse Associates, and Jack L. Wolgin and Muriel Wolgin, husband and wife v. NILSI, N.V., Abohar Investments, N.V., Khalid Y. Al-Marzook, Jassim Y. Al-Marzook, and Faisal Y. Al-Marzook. Appeal of FAB III CONCRETE CORPORATION. FAB III CONCRETE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Bucki (argued), Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, Fab III Concrete.

Harold E. Kohn (argued), Joseph C. Kohn, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Hotel Rittenhouse Associates et al. and Bank of America Nat. Trust and Sav. Ass'n.

Before ALDISERT, Chief Judge, GARTH and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we are faced with an issue that this court has confronted with increasing frequency in recent years: under what circumstances documents filed in the district court may be sealed from public access.

I.

Facts and Procedural History

The dispute that forms the basis for this case arose out of the construction of the Hotel Rittenhouse in Philadelphia, which is not...

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