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LITTLEJOHN v. BIC CORP.

No. 87-1666.

851 F.2d 673 (1988)

Cynthia S. LITTLEJOHN v. BIC CORPORATION; BIC Societe, S.A.; John Doe(s), Component Manufacturer(s); John Doe(s), Distributor(s) and/or Wholesaler(s); John Doe, Retailer; Levi Strauss & Co.; and John Doe(s), Clothing Manufacturer(s), Distributor(s), Wholesaler(s), and/or Retailer(s); Philadelphia Newspaper, Inc., Intervenor. Appeal of BIC CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Oropollo (argued), Hoagland, Longo, Oropollo & Moran, New Brunswick, N.J., David M. Given, Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, for appellant.

Samuel E. Klein, Frank L. Corrado, Jr. (argued), Kohn, Svett, Klein & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenor.

Robert C. Heim (argued), Debra L. Subar, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for Mel D. Kardos, Esquire.

Before HUTCHINSON, SCIRICA, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Panel Rehearing Denied August 1, 1988.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

I.

This appeal requires us to consider the application of the common law right of access to judicial records where materials which were initially discovered under the aegis of a protective order requiring confidentiality are later admitted into evidence at an open civil trial. We are presented with two disputes over access to trial transcripts...

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