MATTER OF CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. HUGHES


135 A.D.2d 351 (1987)

In the Matter of Crain Communications, Inc., Petitioner, v. Thomas J. Hughes, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 1, 1987


Petitioner, the publisher of a weekly newspaper that reports on news of interest to the insurance industry, has failed to demonstrate that the sealing of the court record in order to facilitate the proposed settlement between BRI and two of its former employees and outgoing shareholders, which settlement was contingent upon such action, was in excess of its powers or an abuse of its discretion.

The common-law right to inspect and copy judicial records is not absolute...

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