The court concludes: «Even assuming that a single settlement agreement on a comparable technology could be the basis for a reliable conclusion, which the Court doubts, Evans» analysis falls far short of what would be
necessary for such a conclusion.»
Storch (Editor at the time of the Soon et al 2003 paper in question), said in his resignation letter, that «the methodological basis
for such a conclusion (that the 20th century is probably not the warmest nor a uniquely extreme climate period of the last millennium) was simply not given.»
«There is no legal or policy basis
for such a conclusion.»