The Bush administration had sought to have the ruling overturned.
The ruling was overturned following a challenge by the publisher.
The clubs tried to have the ruling overturned in Federal court, but they failed.
These findings are only a first step, and any legal ruling by the judge could well be overturned on appeal.
But court officials said they doubted that the ruling would be overturned.
The ruling was overturned, and their daughter, Maggie, is now 3.
As the team began to practice for the playoffs the next night, news broke that the judge's ruling had been overturned.
But her ruling was overturned on appeal, and she later held him in contempt.
"If this ruling is not overturned, sportsmanship and the cup are out the window."
A lower court's ruling that the plaintiffs had no right to bring the case was overturned on appeal.