U.S. v. FOSTER

Nos. 09-1248, 09-1686.

564 F.3d 852 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice FOSTER, Defendant-Appellant. Ahmad Milam, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

May 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madeleine S. Murphy, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 09-1248.

Kent R. Carlson, Attorney, Carlson & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 09-1248.

Mario E. Uteras, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 09-1686.

Sara J. Kagay, Attorney, Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, IL; Jonathan D. Karmel, Attorney, Karmel & Gilden, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 09-1686.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, in chambers.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Information that affects the disposition of litigation belongs in the public record unless a statute or privilege justifies nondisclosure. This court explained in Baxter International, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, 297 F.3d 544, 545-46 (7th Cir. 2002), that "{s}ecrecy is fine at the discovery stage, before the material enters the judicial record. See Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart,

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