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Originally Posted by Barcey
I can't speak to if it's unusual or not but I'll note that Judge Cote spoke to this in the footnotes to her ruling. [bold added by me]
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Actually, even more worthy of emphasis was the previous clause:
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Consistent with these procedures, and with the expectation that the Court had already prepared a draft opinion, the parties jointly asked the Court for its preliminary views
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Admittedly this is in Judge Cote's own ruling, so could be argued that it was only a 'normal expectation' in her own mind, but it does seem consistent with what others are saying is normal practice.
Graham