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BROWN v. ADVANTAGE ENGINEERING, INC.

No. 91-8675.

960 F.2d 1013 (1992)

Antonio BROWN, Plaintiff, v. ADVANTAGE ENGINEERING, INC., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Westlands Water District, Movant-Appellant, Square Butte Electric Cooperative, et al., Movants, Amoco Chemical Company, Defendant-Third-Party Defendant-Appellee, Union Carbide Corporation, et al., Defendants-Third-Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Windholz, Atlanta, Ga., Phillip S. Cronin, Young, Wooldridge, Paulden, Self & Farr, Bakersfield, Cal., and Carolyn Oill, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Wendy D. Brooks and Timothy T. Coates, Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellant.

Donald M. Fain, Fain, Major, & Wiley, Atlanta, Ga., for Advantage.

James A. Orr, and Nicholas DeWitt, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, Ga., for Amoco.

Before FAY and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal once again concerns the public's right of access to judicial records in a civil case. The appellant seeks to review pleadings, motions, and evidence openly submitted in district court that were subsequently sealed pursuant to a court monitored settlement. Because we conclude that the district court abused its discretion in sealing court records without a compelling reason, we VACATE the district court's protective order sealing the...

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