Pointer v. DirecTV LLC, 4:17-cv-772-DPM. (2018)
Court: District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Number: infdco20180828913
Visitors: 24
Filed: Aug. 27, 2018
Latest Update: Aug. 27, 2018
Summary: ORDER D.P. MARSHALL, JR. , District Judge . 1. DirecTV's motion for extension for time, N o 49 , is granted. Objection overruled. Response due by 11 September 2018. 2. Pointer's motion to file exhibits under seal, N o 46 , is partly granted and partly denied without prejudice. The Court understands that the proprietary information in the installation guidelines, Exhibit M, could provide significant help to DirecTV's competitors. The Court directs the Clerk to file that docume
Summary: ORDER D.P. MARSHALL, JR. , District Judge . 1. DirecTV's motion for extension for time, N o 49 , is granted. Objection overruled. Response due by 11 September 2018. 2. Pointer's motion to file exhibits under seal, N o 46 , is partly granted and partly denied without prejudice. The Court understands that the proprietary information in the installation guidelines, Exhibit M, could provide significant help to DirecTV's competitors. The Court directs the Clerk to file that documen..
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ORDER
D.P. MARSHALL, JR., District Judge.
1. DirecTV's motion for extension for time, No 49, is granted. Objection overruled. Response due by 11 September 2018.
2. Pointer's motion to file exhibits under seal, No 46, is partly granted and partly denied without prejudice. The Court understands that the proprietary information in the installation guidelines, Exhibit M, could provide significant help to DirecTV's competitors. The Court directs the Clerk to file that document under seal. But, on quick review, the service provider agreements, Exhibits C and D, seem to be standard and unremarkable contractual terms. DirecTV must therefore make a particularized showing (provision by provision) why any part of either of these agreements should be sealed. An understandable preference to keep business dealings private is insufficient to overcome the public's interest in having the Court's work done in public. Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc. v. BHP Billiton Petroleum (Fayetteville) LLC, No. 4:17-cv-379-DPM, Order No 36. DirecTV must also advise the Court whether these agreements are already in the public domain. DirecTV may file its points about sealing by 14 September 2018. If DirecTV accepts the Court's preliminary ruling, it should so advise by the same date, and the Court will then file Exhibits C and D on the public docket.
So Ordered.
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