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To: clochard who wrote (3103)	1/19/2000 3:38:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 42523

Hard to say, as the U.S. Supreme Court merely declined to review the ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which may just mean that they were too busy to take it, or that they wanted to wait and see how other circuits ruled. The appeal from the Courts of Appeals to the Supreme Court is not one "of right", it's discretionary, and a lot of times the Supreme Court waits until there is a so-called "split in the circuits" before it decides an issue. If the 9th Circuit rules one way, and the 1st and 7th another, the Supreme Court is more likely to grant certiorari and review the case, but at this point, it's possible that every Circuit could rule the same way as the 9th. In other words, we don't know yet, except that we DO know what the law is in the 9th Circuit, which includes California and Washington State. The article I mentioned, it's pretty good: washingtonpost.com The Justice Department filed suit on the same issue against, guess who, Time-Warner: washingtonpost.com