Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. Rorze Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI Case No. 22-cv-04947-PCP
KAISHA,
8 Plaintiff, SEALING ORDER 9 v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 97, 104 10 RORZE CORPORATION, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Before the Court is Defendants’ motion to consider whether Kawasaki material included in their Amended Answer and Counterclaims should be sealed. Kawasaki supports sealing a subset of this material. For the reasons that follow, the motion is granted as to Kawasaki’s proposed redactions. The motion to seal the prior version of the answer and counterclaims is granted in full. I. Legal Standard There is a “strong presumption in favor of access” to court records. Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006). A party who wishes to seal a court record “must articulate compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings … that outweigh the general history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure.” Id. at 1178–79 (cleaned up). Sealing may be justified when…