Motion-Secondary: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION vs. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY LLC

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                                CAUSE NO. 2016-12352


                  OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL                                       §               IN THE DISTRICT COURT
                  CORPORATION                                               §
                                                                            §
                  vs.                                                       §               HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
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                  TEXAS BRINE                                               §
                  COMPANY, LLC                                              §            333RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

                                                  PERMANENT SEALING ORDER

                           Before     the   Court    is  the   Supplemental         Motion     to   Seal   Court     Records      (the

                  “Supplemental          Motion”)       filed    by    Plaintiff     Occidental       Chemical        Corporation

                  (“Occidental”).           The     Court     has    considered       the   motion,      applicable       law,    and

                  arguments       from    counsel.     A   public    hearing     on  the   Supplemental        Motion     was    held

                  on   ________________.               Public    notice    of   the   hearing     was   posted     in  accordance

                  with    Texas      Rule    of   Civil    Procedure        76(a)(5).       Upon      due    consideration,        the

                  Supplemental Motion is GRANTED.

                           It is,  therefore,     ORDERED          that   Occidental      have    leave    to  seal  permanently

                  its Supplemental Motion (1) to Lift Abatement, (2) Confirm Arbitration Award, (3)

                  Sever    Confirmation        Order    into   Final   Judgment,       and   (4)  for  Emergency        Relief    (the

                  “Supplemental         Motion      to  Confirm”)      and    Exhibits     EE   and    FF   to  that  motion      (the

                  “Supplemental         Exhibits”),      and   that   all  responses      to  the   Supplemental         Motion     to

                  Confirm be sealed permanently.
                           It is further ORDERED that the serious, specific, and substantial interests of

                  the parties     in sealing    the   record    clearly outweigh        the   presumption       of  openness      and

                  any   probable      adverse    effect   that   the  sealing    will   have   on   the  general     public   health

                  and    safety    because      Occidental        will   suffer    irreparable      injury     if  non-public       or

                  confidential       business      information        contained       in   the    Supplemental          Motion      to

                  Confirm (and responses) and Supplemental Exhibits are made public.

                           It  is  further     ORDERED           that   no   less   restrictive     means      than    sealing     the

                  Supplemental        Motion      to  Confirm      (and   responses)      and   Supplemental         Exhibits     will

                  adequately and effectively protect the specific interest asserted.

                           It  is further    ORDERED           that   the   attorneys     in  this   litigation    by   allowed     to

                  access     and    retrieve    the   Supplemental         Motion      to   Confirm      (and    responses)       and

                  Supplemental Exhibits permanently sealed.



                           SIGNED        this   _______________            day   of   _______________            2017,    at  Harris

                  County, Texas.




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                                                                                 Judge Presiding