McKinstry v. Richard Holmes Enterprises, LLC (In re Black Diamond Mining Company, LLC)

(E.D. Ky. Aug. 18, 2016)

The district court grants the motion to unseal the record. The record had been sealed following a motion that asserted the documents contained confidential settlement information. However, the court made clear that if someone requested that the record be unsealed, the moving party would have the heavy burden of showing why particular documents should remain sealed. The movant failed to meet that burden here, with respect to the record as a whole. The court orders that the record be unsealed with the limited exception of specific portions that contain the settlement amount.

Judge: Thapar

Attorneys for Appellants: Foley & Lardner, LLP, David B. Goroff, Geoffrey S. Goodman; Dinsmore & Shoal LLP, David James Treacy; Hoover Hull Turner LLP, Michael R. Limrick, Patrick A. Ziepolt, Wayne C. Turner

Attorneys for Appellees: The Getty Law Group, PLLC, C. Thomas Ezzell, Richard A. Getty; Ware Jackson Lee O’Neill Smith & Barrow, LLP, Paul Smith, Timothy F. Lee

2016-08-18 – in re black diamond mining company

Author: Matt Lindblom