CIPOLLONE v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

Nos. 85-3423, 85-3424, 85-5529 and 85-5530.

785 F.2d 1108 (1986)

Antonio CIPOLLONE, individually and as the Executor of the Estate of Rose D. Cipollone, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation; and Loew's Theatres, Inc., a New York Corporation, Defendants-Petitioners. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation; and Loew's Theatres, Inc., a New York Corporation, Petitioners. v. Honorable H. Lee SAROKIN, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Nominal Respondent. Susan HAINES, as Administratrix Ad Prosequendum and Executrix of the Estate of Peter F. Rossi, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Loew's Theatres, Inc., a New York Corporation; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., a New Jersey Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation; and the Tobacco Institute, Defendants-Petitioners. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Loew's Theatres, Inc., a New York Corporation; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., a New Jersey Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation; and Loew's Theatres, Inc., a New York Corporation, Petitioners, v. Honorable H. Lee SAROKIN, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Nominal Respondent. Antonio CIPOLLONE, individually and as Executor of the Estate of Rose D. Cipollone, v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation; and Loews Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and Loew's Theatres, Inc., a New York Corporation. Appeal of LIGGETT GROUP, INC., Philip Morris Incorporated, and Loew's Theatres, Inc. Susan HAINES, as Administratrix Ad Prosequendum and Executrix of the Estate of Peter F. Rossi v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Loew's Theatres, Inc., a New York Corporation, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., a New Jersey Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation; and the Tobacco Institute. Appeal of LIGGETT GROUP, INC., Loew's Theatres, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Philip Morris Incorporated, and the Tobacco Institute.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Cohn (Argued), Alan S. Naar, Paul A. Rowe, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Bergsteind, Newark, N.J., for appellant-petitioner Liggett Group, Inc.

Joel C. Balsam, Sills, Beck, Cummis, Zukerman, Radin, Tischman & Epstein, Newark, N.J., for appellant-petitioner Loew's Theatres, Inc.

Murray H. Bring (Argued), Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., Raymond F. Drozdowski, Brown, Connery, Kulp, Wille, Purnell & Greene, Camden, N.J., for appellant-petitioner Philip Morris, Inc.

Peter N. Perretti, Jr., Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, N.J., for appellant-petitioner R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

John T. Dolan, Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, N.J., for appellant-petitioner The Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Marc Z. Edell (Argued), Lisa Murtha, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, Morristown, N.J., for appellees-plaintiffs Antonio Cipollone and Susan Haines.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BECKER and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

These appeals require us to apply the principles and case law pertaining to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c) to a claim that certain materials obtained in civil discovery but alleged by the producing party to be confidential may be disclosed by the discovering party to the public. We must also consider whether we have appellate jurisdiction over the district court's interlocutory order permitting disclosure of the materials...

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