Sound ruling (from the article):
But in a 101-page decision, following a six-day trial in December, Furman said the transfers were a “discharge for value,” matching “to the penny” what the lenders were owed.
“The non-returning lenders believed, and were justified in believing, that the payments were intentional,” Furman wrote. “To believe otherwise - to believe that Citibank, one of the most sophisticated financial institutions in the world, had made a mistake that had never happened before, to the tune of nearly $1 billion - would have been borderline irrational.”
>>Sound ruling
Indeed, and rather surprising given that the judge is an Obama appointee.