The judge went on and barred the sale of BlackBerry in the United States.
"There can be no reasonable expectation of privacy in a tweet sent around the world, " wrote the judge, who went on to compare information posted on a public network to an eyewitness's account of a crime on the street.
The trial before Judge Kaplan, set to begin last week, went off the rails on October 6th when the judge declared inadmissible an important (there is some debate over whether he is really crucial) government witness, Hussein Abebe, who was prepared to testify that he sold Ghailani the TNT that killed 224 people.
However, the judge, sitting with Lord Justice Lloyd and Sir Stanley Burnton, went on to rule that the Land Rover's driver bore half the blame.
The judge, who sits in Truro, Plymouth and Exeter crown courts, went on to make inquiries of the Law Society and the Bar Council, which covers barristers, but found no record of Evans.
Lawyers acting for the Barclay brothers claimed recent changes allowing the Seigneur to remove the Seneschal (the island's judge) and take on the role of President of Chief Pleas during a vacancy went against principles of democracy.
In dismissing the charges, Criminal District Judge Raymond Bigelow said three of the defendants were forced to testify before the grand jury that went on to indict them and the other four.
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Judge Taaffe said The Sun's report on September 11 "clearly went beyond what was permitted".
The saga took an unexpected turn on Feb. 16, when Manhattan Federal Court Judge Loretta Preska granted a 10-day restraining order on the ban that went into effect three days prior.
The extent of those recordings drew some question from Judge Sullivan who noted that some of the recordings went beyond what was necessary in gathering information on the case and included very personal conversations between Mr. Drimal and his wife, Arlene.
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The inquiry - which is chaired by former High Court judge Sir Thayne Forbes - was told Mr al-Sweady and others went and searched the battlefield on 14 May after hearing about the battle.
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Interestingly, on the same day that Judge Batts issued her opinion, a ruling on a similar case filed by firefighters and soldiers went in Ms Whitman's favour.
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