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MOKHIBER v. DAVIS

No. 86-89.

537 A.2d 1100 (1988)

Russell MOKHIBER, Appellant, v. Leonard DAVIS, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornish F. Hitchcock, with whom Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Jeffrey C. Slade, with whom Ronald W. Meister, Brenda Wright and Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, New York City, were on the brief, for appellee Colonial Penn Corp., Inc. and related appellees.

Salvatore A. Romano, with whom Robert B. Hirsch and Michael L. Sibarium, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for Association Parties.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Russell Mokhiber, an investigative reporter, filed a motion to intervene in a suit settled by the original parties four years earlier. He was trying to remove protective orders that barred public access to various documents held by the court. The trial court denied his motion, and Mokhiber now appeals. This case, therefore, requires us to consider under what circumstances the public enjoys the right to view different sorts of court records in a civil case...

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