When a lawsuit is dismissed the judge(s) will often state the reason for the dismissal and a dismissal IS an adjudication. If someone sues YOU and the judge throws their lawsuit out before trial because of lack of standing, lack of evidence, a frivolous suit or for lack of jurisdiction, did you win?
In this instance the courts ruled that there were no grounds to challenge the awarding of Indiana’s Electoral votes to Obama.
I quote directly from the decision of the Indiana Court of Appeals:
“Based upon the language of Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 and the guidance provided by Wong Kim Ark, we conclude that persons born within the borders of the United States are “natural born Citizens” for Article II, Section 1 purposes, regardless of the citizenship of their parents. Just as a person “born within the British dominions [was] a natural-born British subject” at the time of the framing of the U.S. Constitution, so too were those “born in the allegiance of the United States, natural-born citizens.”
Repeat: There was NO trial, no presentation of evidence under subpoena and cross of witnesses. The case was dismissed. The ‘appeal’ only affirmed the dismissal.
The whole cite of the Wong Kim Ark case is spurious, as well — Judicial hubris, as that understanding of the cite in the context of Obama’s legitimacy was not allowed to be counter-argued.