[PatrickHenry]

I also think we have a skills mismatch here and ID got outgunned.

It can look that way, but the lawyer with the better case will usally appear to be the better lawyer. It certainly helps when he really is better.

To some extent I think the Thomas Moore lawyers were "too close" to the case. The cause of the school board was also the law firm's cause. They actually believe in ID. They may have a genuine blind spot that prevents them from realizing how weak their case really looks.

Of course, it all depends on this judge now. He's human, and he has blind spots too. We'll see how it works out. The newly-elected school board has said, I think, that if they lose they won't appeal. So that may be the end of it. But if they win ...

[Coyoteman]

if they lose they won't appeal. So that may be the end of it.

No appeal, no precedent. Local applicability only.

[VadeRetro]

Whatever the judge does, the world was watching. And, if somehow ID wins, the plaintiffs no doubt intend to appeal.

[Doctor Stochastic]

If you mean by "too close" that the lawyers recruited the clients, you would be right. (Perhaps they should have just advertised on TV like the asbestos guys do.)