under seal
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 267 U.S. 350 - Cairo Co v. United States · 1925Most cited · 49 citing opinions
The plaintiff's agreement embodying the release was under seal. Hence, it is binding even if without a consideration.
How often courts cite the case defining “under seal”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “under seal” — 46 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.