And it was the same law firm that originally filed the case in Pennsylvania - brought it again, I believe, around 2000, and, again, lost on the State Secrets Privilege and on the finalityofdecision making.
Peter's Basilica was somber during the Mass, as if the weight of Benedict's decision and the finalityof his pontificate had finally registered with the thousands of faithful present.
Others say that the finalityof an arbitrator's decision - the loser is stuck with it - makes it a riskier path than the courts and their appeal process.