District Court Judge Susan Nelson ruled in favor of the players and enjoined the lockout, but the Court of Appeals temporarily removed that injunction and allowed the lockout to be re-instituted while they decide on whether or not to enjoin the lockout for the duration of the Brady antitrust case.

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Mr Blunkett is not personally keen on the idea of the oath but would like to enjoin newcomers to undertake to learn some English and to forswear unEnglish activities such as forced marriages and female circumcision.

ECONOMIST: Abandon oaths all ye who enter here