International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division et al v. Alaska Air Group, Inc

Filing 84

ORDER granting Defendants' 77 Motion to Continue to Seal signed by Judge Marsha J. Pechman. (TH)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 13 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, AIRLINE DIVISION, and AIRLINE PROFESSIONAL ASSOC. OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 1224, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONTINUE TO SEAL Plaintiffs, 14 v. 15 16 CASE NO. C17-1327-MJP ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC, and HORIZON AIR INDUSTRIES, INC. 17 Defendants. 18 19 20 21 22 THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Continue to Seal the Supplemental Opposition and Reply to the Motion to Dismiss. (Dkt. No. 77.) Having considered the Motion, the Response (Dkt. No. 81), the Reply (Dkt. No. 83) and all related papers, the Court GRANTS the Motion and ORDERS that the following documents be kept 23 under seal: 24 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONTINUE TO SEAL - 1 1 1. Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss; 2 2. the Declaration of Darin Dalmat filed in support of Plaintiffs’ Supplemental 3 Opposition and all exhibits attached thereto; 4 3. Defendants’ Supplemental Reply to its Motion to Dismiss; 5 4. the Declaration of Andrew Harrison and all exhibits attached thereto; and 6 5. the Declaration of Taylor S. Ball and all exhibits attached thereto. 7 The information contained in these documents was obtained during the course of 8 discovery taken for the limited purpose of allowing Plaintiffs to respond to the jurisdictional 9 arguments raised in Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. (See Dkt. Nos. 32, 54.) Defendants 10 contend that these documents contain “highly confidential agreements between Defendants and 11 various third parties”; “financial decisions and considerations by Defendants and their affiliates”; 12 “aircraft and equipment acquisition information”; “budget planning”; “fleet information and 13 planning”; “staffing and labor relations decisions and strategy”; “operational methods, strategies, 14 and decisions;” and “strategic planning.” (Dkt. No. 77 at 4.) Defendants have a compelling 15 interest in maintaining the confidentiality of this information, and because the remaining 16 pleadings in this case remain public, their interest “outweigh[s] the public’s interest in 17 disclosure.” Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006). 18 Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that the documents listed, supra, shall remain permanently 19 sealed. 20 The clerk is ordered to provide copies of this order to all counsel. 21 Dated June 18, 2018. 23 A 24 Marsha J. Pechman United States District Judge 22 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONTINUE TO SEAL - 2

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