[GAGOP]

Does anyone have a guesstimate as to when they will rule? I would think it would be before the date Judge Sullivan has scheduled the hearing in the District Court.

[WASCWatch]

Once the petition is filed, the trial court loses jurisdiction until the Court of Appeals makes a decision unless one of the parties ask for an en banc review, which means all of the judges on the court of appeals will weigh in on the decision of the three-judge panel. That is very unlikely to happen. I would not be surprised if 95% of the opinion is already written.