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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 (Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; Granting in Part and

Denying in Part Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, hereafter, “Order,” Docket Item No.

193.) 

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

CLRB Hanson Industries, LLC, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Google Inc., et al.,

Defendants.

 /

NO. C 05-03649 JW 

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

REQUEST FOR THE COURT TO

WITHDRAW ITS AUGUST 21, 2007,

ORDER FROM THE PUBLIC RECORD

Before the Court is Defendant Google’s request that the Court withdraw its August 21, 2007

Order1 from the public record until a sealing order can be entered to protect Google’s allegedly

confidential information. (Letter from Google’s Counsel dated August 28, 2007.) Plaintiffs oppose

this designation on the ground that it violates the parties’ stipulated Protective order entered on May

15, 2007, which prohibits blanket designations of confidentiality as required by Civil Local Rule 79-

5(a). (Letter from Plaintiffs’ Counsel dated August 29, 2007.)

Rule 79-5(a) provides, “No document may be filed under seal” or “closed to inspection by

the public, except pursuant to a Court order.” A request to seal must be “narrowly tailored to seek

sealing of only sealable material.” Civ. L.R. 79-5(a). Moreover, “[a]s a public forum, the Court has

a policy of providing to the public full access to papers.” Id. (Commentary). 

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Defendant asks the Court to contravene the principles of Rule 79-5(a) by removing from

public view underlying factual support for its Order, which does not disclose with particularity any

of Defendant’s protectable information. Notably, the Order does not describe any of the

Defendant’s algorithms or source code. (See Order.) Thus, withdrawing its Order from public view

would not be a “narrowly tailored” approach to protect Defendant’s allegedly confidential

information. 

Accordingly, the Court DENIES Defendant’s request to withdraw its Order from the public

record. The Court will not entertain further motions on this issue.

Dated: September 21, 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Adel A. Nadji anadji@audetlaw.com

Christopher M. Jhang cjhang@perkinscoie.com

David T. Biderman dbiderman@perkinscoie.com

Judith B. Gitterman gittj@perkinscoie.com

Lester L Levy llevy@wolfpopper.com

Lisa Delehunt Olle lolle@perkinscoie.com

Michele Fried Raphael mraphael@wolfpopper.com

William M. Audet waudet@audetlaw.com

Dated: September 21, 2007 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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