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F.T.C. v. STANDARD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CORP.

Nos. 87-1340, 87-1357.

830 F.2d 404 (1987)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. STANDARD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CORP., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Dana J. Willis, Defendant, Appellant. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. STANDARD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CORP., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Paul F. Taglione, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry J. Cutler with whom Peter M. Kazon, O'Connor & Hannan, Washington, D.C., Alan M. Spiro and Friedman & Atherton, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant Dana J. Willis.

Defendant, appellant Paul F. Taglione submitted on the brief of defendant, appellant Willis.

David C. Shonka with whom Phoebe D. Morse, Director, Raymond L. Betts, Boston, Mass., Robert D. Paul, Gen. Counsel, and Ernest J. Isenstadt, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee F.T.C.

Joseph D. Steinfield with whom Jeanne M. Kempthorne and Hill & Barlow, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for intervenor Globe Newspaper Co.

Brenda M. Cotter with whom Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellee Standard Financial Management Corp.

Before COFFIN, DAVIS and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the unsealing of sworn personal financial statements submitted to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by Dana J. Willis and Paul F. Taglione, appellants herein. Willis and Taglione strive to convince us that the district court's release order far outstripped the bounds of its authority and/or discretion. We believe it did not and, therefore, affirm.

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