It should have been at court with the attorneys AND submitted with the briefs. It is unimaginable that pertinent information like that would be not be included in the briefs. The court had to request it? That's nuts. That in itself probably convinced the judge that McClintock had made previous fatal errors in the candidate's submission of paperwork.
It is also unimaginable that McClintock did not know the ramifications of not agreeing to adhere to the campaign spending limits. That's what caused the whole problem.
He's not well organized or well versed on campaign law.