RDR is expected to file an appeal

[dumbledore11214]

It is reported on Leaky that Detroit paper reported an interview with 
rappaport that he expects his attorneys to file notice of appeal this 
week.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/9/15/jkr-wb-vs-rdr-books-trial-
an-appeal-to-be-filed


So, appeal is not filed yet, but I am assuming that since he said it 
out loud, it will be. Now in the less high profile case the fact that 
they will file notice of appeal would not necessarily mean that the 
appeal would be perfected, since notice of appeal just preserves your 
right to file an appellate brief later on.

However, I would expect that in such high profile case if they stated 
their intentions publicly, it will be filed, brief and all.

Wonderful attorney whom I admire and respect often tells us when you 
are thinking about taking case for appeal always consider the 
implications of making a bad law for everybody else if you loose the 
case.

I hope RDR's attorneys did consider those implications well. I mean, 
of course they can win which will be good for them, but if they 
loose, they will create a precedent, which other judges will be more 
obligated to follow than Judge Patterson's decision, since it will no 
longer be just a lower court's decision.

Alla