Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Popovich v. United States

484 U.S. 976

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-12-07
Topic
general

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 | receiving actual notice of complaint and failing to respond is culpable conduct | 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 | 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

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.