Opinion
CIVIL 20-1499 (JRT/LIB)
05-01-2024
DAVID A. MCDOUGALL, Plaintiff, v. CRC INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant.
Tara D. Sutton, Philip L. Sieff, Rashanda C. Bruce, Michael D. Reif, Julie Reynolds, and Ryan W. Marth, ROBINS KAPLAN LLP, for Plaintiff. Robert J. Gilbertson, Virginia R. McCalmont, and David J. Wallace-Jackson, FORSGREN FISHER, for Defendant.
Tara D. Sutton, Philip L. Sieff, Rashanda C. Bruce, Michael D. Reif, Julie Reynolds, and Ryan W. Marth, ROBINS KAPLAN LLP, for Plaintiff.
Robert J. Gilbertson, Virginia R. McCalmont, and David J. Wallace-Jackson, FORSGREN FISHER, for Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT CRC INDUSTRIES, INC.'S MOTION TO SEAL
JOHN R. TUNHEIM UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2, Defendant CRC Industries, Inc. filed a Motion to Seal to (1) permanently seal the exhibits related to its financial condition that were introduced during trial on April 26, 2024; (2) redact from the public record any testimony and argument about the details of CRC's financial condition; and (3) preclude Plaintiff David A. McDougall or his counsel from revealing the details of CRC's financial condition in any manner. (Def.'s Mot. to Seal, Apr. 29, 2024, Docket No. 252.)
Having considered the motion and based upon all the files, records, and proceedings in this case, IT IS SO ORDERED that the Motion to Seal [Docket No. 252] is GRANTED as follows:
1. Trial Ex. P#1224 & Trial Ex. P#1226 are sealed as requested, subject to reasonable requests by Plaintiff to unseal for legitimate reasons;
2. The transcript of trial proceedings held on Friday, April 26, 2024 will be redacted as requested in CRC's Proposed Trial Transcript Redactions (filed as Docket No. 283-1) to protect CRC's confidential financial information; and
3. Plaintiff and his counsel are precluded from publicly revealing the information contained in the above-referenced documents.