Smoot Construction of Washington, D.C. v. The Smoot Corporation et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
SMOOT CONSTRUCTION OF
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
Plaintiff,
v.
THE SMOOT CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action 2:22-cv-1707
Judge Michael H. Watson
Magistrate Judge Chelsey M. Vascura
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion for Leave for the Parties to File
Documents Under Seal (ECF No. 149). Therein, Defendants seek an order for Plaintiff to file
certain exhibits to Plaintiff’s Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Leave to
File Supplemental Declaration in Support of Cross-Motion to Enforce Instanter Due to New
Evidence (ECF No. 145) under seal, asserting that those exhibits contain Defendants’ contain
confidential financial information and profit margins regarding Defendants’ operations that could
be used by competitors. (Id.)
Based on these representations, the undersigned concludes that the exhibits contain
sensitive and confidential information that should be shielded from public access. Accordingly,
Defendants’ Motion (ECF No. 149) is GRANTED. Plaintiff is ORDERED to file Exhibits I and
J to their Memorandum in Opposition, comprising the 2014 and 2015 Consolidated Financial
Reports of Defendant Smoot Corporation, UNDER SEAL. However, the Court is mindful that
sealing of documents should be narrowly tailored and no broader than necessary. See Shane
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Grp., Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, 825 F.3d 299, 305 (6th Cir. 2016).
Accordingly, Defendants shall also, WITHIN SEVEN DAYS of the date of this Order, file
redacted versions of the exhibits on the public docket, redacting only that information
constituting Defendants’ confidential financial information as described in Defendants’ Motion.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Chelsey M. Vascura
CHELSEY M. VASCURA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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