Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support v. Siemens Industry, Inc.

Filing 292

ORDER granting 290 Motion to Seal Document 285 PROPOSED SEALED Memorandum in Support, 287 PROPOSED SEALED Declaration, 286 PROPOSED SEALED Document - Signed by District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on 08/11/0214. (Baker, C.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
Case No: 5:11-cv-00296-FL
VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS &
TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT,
Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant,
v.
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC., and
EVOQUA WATER TECHNOLOGIES,
LLC
Defendants/Counterclaimants.

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO SEAL

Having shown good cause, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff Veolia Water Solutions &
Technologies Support’s (“Veolia”) Motion to Seal. The Court finds that Veolia has shown that
public dissemination of the contents of portions of D.285, Defendant Evoqua Water
Technologies, LLC’s (“Evoqua”) Memorandum in Support of Its Motion for Summary Judgment
of Invalidity; portions of D.286, Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Support of Evoqua’s
Motion for Summary Judgment of Invalidity; and D.287-1 in its entirety, as well as other
portions of D.287, Declaration of Christopher L. May in Support of Evoqua’s Motion for
Summary Judgment of Invalidity would do substantial competitive harm to Veolia. As a result,
the Court finds the harm to Veolia outweighs the public’s First Amendment right of access.
THEREFORE, it is ORDERED that the unredacted versions of D.285, Evoqua’s
Memorandum in Support of Its Motion for Summary Judgment of Invalidity; D.286, Statement
of Undisputed Material Facts in Support of Evoqua’s Motion for Summary Judgment of
Invalidity; and D.287, Declaration of Christopher L. May in Support of Evoqua’s Motion for
Summary Judgment of Invalidity remain sealed. It is further ORDERED that D.287-1, Exhibit
1

12 to the Declaration of Christopher L. May in Support of Evoqua’s Motion for Summary
Judgment of Invalidity remain sealed.
11th
August
This the ____ day of __________, 2014.

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The Honorable Louise W. Flanagan
United States District Judge

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