Opinion ID: 391003
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Strength of the Generalized Property and Privacy Interests Asserted

Text: 58 That the documents were seized from non-public areas of Church premises is undisputed. Accordingly, the Church's standing to assert the kinds of generalized interests which derived from the fact of seizure from its premises-interests which we have discussed above in connection with the Church's procedural rights 103 -is unquestionably strong. 104 By this we mean its interest on this record is direct and substantial, substantial enough, given the other factors to be considered in weighing the generalized interests in public access against the generalized interest in nondisclosure here asserted, to require retention of the documents under seal. 59 The standing of the individual defendants to assert these generalized interests in the documents at issue is less clear. Because the Church's asserted interests are strong and the defendants assert no conflicting interest, we need not determine the precise scope of the individuals' generalized interests in the retention of the documents under seal. We note, however, that the defendants' standing to assert certain of these generalized property and privacy interests may be broader than the scope of their standing to object to an unlawful search and seizure. 105