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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 Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRUCK-RAIL HANDLING INC. and

QUALITY TRANSPORT, INC.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA

FE RAILWAY COMPANY,

Defendant.

 /

No. C 02-02825 JSW

ORDER GRANTING

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO

FILE UNDER SEAL THE EXHIBIT

TO THE DECLARATION OF

CATHERINE BARRON

This matter comes before the Court upon consideration of the Burlington Northern and Santa

Fe Railway Company’s (“BNSF”) administrative motion to file under seal the exhibit to the declaration

of Catherine Barron. BNSF asserts that the exhibit must be filed under seal because it contains

information that was designated confidential pursuant to the terms of the parties’ Stipulated Protective

Order. That fact alone, however, is not sufficient to warrant filing a document under seal. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(a), “[a] sealing order may issue only upon a request that

establishes that the document, or portions thereof, is privileged or protectable as a trade secret or

otherwise entitled to protection under the law.” Although BNSF’s showing does no more than assert

the information is confidential and sensitive, it also has represented that the exhibit is derived from an

internal database maintained by Plaintiffs. Accordingly, the Court will GRANT the request to file the

exhibit under seal.

Case 3:02-cv-02825-JSW Document 217 Filed 05/25/05 Page 1 of 2
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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In the future, however, all parties are ORDERED to comply with the terms of 

Local Rule 79-5 and its requirement for moving to file documents under seal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 25, 2005 /s/ Jeffrey S. White 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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