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OREGONIAN PUB. v. U.S. DIST. COURT FOR DIST. OF OR.

No. 90-70275.

920 F.2d 1462 (1990)

The OREGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the DISTRICT OF OREGON, Respondent, Frank Riley Wolsky and United States of America, Real Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Hinkle, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, Portland, Or., for petitioners.

Frank Noonan, U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., for respondent.

Stephen A. Houze, Portland, Or., for real parties in interest.

Before WALLACE, THOMPSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The Oregonian Publishing Company ("The Oregonian") petitions this court for a writ of mandamus to obtain access to various documents relating to a plea agreement filed under seal in the district court. Frank Riley Wolsky is a real party in interest in opposition to the writ. The United States is a real party in interest in favor of the writ. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

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