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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Apparently, one of the reasons that it came back so quickly is that she wrote 2/3's of the decision before the trial even started.
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This is yet another reference to the misconception that revealing a preliminary opinion was anything unusual in a trial of this sort. You seem to have ignored my reply to your earlier post where I quoted the part of the judge's ruling where she covered this.
In case my reply was not understood earlier, I'll rephrase it.
In this type of non-jury trial both sides present their case in detail before the trial begins, for review by the judge. It is customary for the judge to prepare a draft opinion at this stage.
Both Apple and the DOJ requested that the judge reveal her preliminary opinion.
The judge has to rule based on the full course of the trial, but that opinion can be informed, and changed, as more evidence is presented and argued. Revealing an opinion after reviewing the depositions but before the trial was just that, the current state of her thoughts after digesting the detailed case slides from both parties. It does not imply bias.
Graham