In an astounding abdication of the judicial function, the court offered the following reason for its entry of the final judgment served up by plaintiffs: "Plaintiffs won the case, and for that reason alone have some entitlement to a remedy of their choice.
Rajaratnam would make the payment, representing the profits obtained by unlawful means, to the SEC within 90 days after the entry of the final judgment in court records, according to a filing.
Following entry of that judgment, wags observed that in one year the lawyers for the winning side had contributed in excess of $300,000 to members of the court for their reelection efforts whereas lawyers for the losing side had contributed less than $200,000.
"I think we're very clear in our papers that he's engaged in numerous tactics to delay the eventual entry of a judgment in the state court litigation," she said.
In Mr. Goyal's case, the appeals court ordered the entry of a judgment of acquittal because it concluded no rational jury could have convicted him based on the evidence presented, a fairly uncommon outcome.
"Although there were breaches on both sides to this dispute, as indicated above, rather than directing the entry of a judgment in favor of each side for one dollar, it is more appropriate to direct the clerk to dismiss the complaint and counterclaims without costs or disbursements to any party and the clerk is directed to do so," the judge wrote.
If the defendant did not appeal, the one-year clock starts 14 days after the entry of the sentencing court's judgment.
"Petitioners may raise either or both issues again after entry of final judgment," Roberts wrote, referring to the two legal prongs of the case, which remains pending before a federal judge in Texas.
These reports did not appear until the entry of judgment, but they did begin almost immediately, I think, the next day after entry of judgment.
The court was even more blunt in the many press interviews it gave about the case, both before and after entry of final judgment.
