Grove Fresh Distributors, Inc. v. Everfresh Juice Co.

Grove Fresh (plaintiff) sued Everfresh and other orange juice companies (defendants) for mislabeling and adulterating juice, obtaining a protective order over confidential discovery in one case and a full seal on the court file in a related case. A group of consumers pursuing their own fraud claims sought to intervene and modify the protective order to reuse the discovery, and were denied on lack-of-standing grounds; a coalition of journalists separately sought access to the sealed materials and were told they had a right to access but would have to wait until the litigation concluded. Both groups appealed the denial or delay of access.