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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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United 

States District 

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For the Northern District of California 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

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MDL No. 1917 

Case No. 07-5944-SC 

ORDER RE ADMINISTRATIVE 

This Order Relates To: MOTIONS TO FILE UNDER SEAL

INDIRECT PURCHASER PLAINTIFF 

ACTIONS 

Now pending before the Court are three administrative motions 

to file under seal. ECF Nos. 1386, 1401, 1489 (collectively 

"Motions").1 The Court GRANTS the pending Motions for good cause 

shown, but wishes to note its concern about the administrative 

burden of reviewing these motions and the declarations filed in 

support of them. This review requires the Court and its limited 

staff to sift through thousands of pages of documents. The Court 

observes that many of the documents that have been designated as 

sealable are of less than recent vintage and relate to business 

practices centered on an obsolete technology. Accordingly, the 

Court will look favorably upon motions to intervene filed by 

members of the public who wish to access the sealed documents. If 

 

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 A fourth motion, ECF No. 1471, is also pending, but this Motion 

appears to be duplicative of the one filed as ECF No. 1401. 

Accordingly, ECF No. 1471 is DENIED AS MOOT. 

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United 

States District 

Court

For the Northern District of California 

such motions are filed, the Court will not hesitate to appoint a 

Special Master to review the documents to be unsealed, whose fee 

shall be paid directly by the party seeking to preserve 

confidentiality. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 27, 2012 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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