Popovich v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• stating that in order to overcome the presumption of open and public disclosure and to satisfy a showing of good cause, the movant must demonstrate a particular need for protection
• regarding Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, “sovereign immunity is an affirmative defense which must be specially pleaded”
• receiving actual notice of complaint and failing to respond is culpable conduct
• where the defendant was guilty of laches or unreasonable delay, the district court properly denied the motion to set aside the default judgment
• “Broad allegations of harm, unsubstantiated by specific examples or articulated reasoning, do not satisfy the Rule 26(c) test.”
• citin g 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); see also Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(a); L. Civ. R. 72.1(e)
• district court's refusal to bar publication of discovery documents which allegedly presented an unfair picture of the defendant was not a collateral order because an inquiry into whether the materials were "unfair" involved an inquiry into the merits of the case
• considering minimum contacts within relevant geographic area