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Originally Posted by Barcey
I agree, she emphasized that no final decision would be made until after the trial takes place.
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]
The parties jointly asked the Court for its preliminary views and this is being spun by some as evidence that she'd made up her mind before the trial. Maybe it's unusual for the parties to jointly ask for this or it's unusual for the judge to comply (because then they could be accused of bias).
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For the most part, Judge Cote seems to have included her rebuttals to various criticisms to her initial findings in her final ruling. Some seem to think that these rebuttals are the final word in the matter. We shall see.