United States DC Circuit

A protective order allowing the principals and employees of a limited liability company access to certain applications submitted to the Small Business Administration is vacated where the district court abused its discretion in ordering that Management Assessment Questionnaires of all other applicants for Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) licensure be disclosed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/04/2006
• Decided 07/07/2006
• Published 07/07/2006

Judges

• Before:  HENDERSON, ROGERS and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan Burch, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for the appellant.  Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney and Michael J. Ryan, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief.  R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney, entered an appearance.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joshua N. Rose argued the cause for the appellee.