Current Status:
One further Pledge lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire on November 1st, 2007. The District Court judge there ruled against the plaintiffs, and the case is now at the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
Briefing at the Court of Appeals was completed on May 5, 2010. Oral argument took place on September 9, 2010 in Boston, before Chief Judge Sandra Lynch, Judge Jeffrey Howard, and Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson. That panel ruled in favor of the Defendants on November 12, 2010.
A petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc was denied on December 28, 2010.
A Petition for Certiorari was filed in the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, the petition was denied and the case is now over.
Case Updates for Appeals (Jump to District)
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Case Updates for District Court
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