But deadlines are deadlines, the panel said in that unsigned opinion.

In appellate courts, often refers to an unsigned opinion.

"Anyone who cared to do so," the Court said in an unsigned opinion, "could certainly determine what particular acts have been considered crimes against nature."

The panel's unsigned opinion said, "We have no jurisdiction."

The three-page unsigned opinion did not address the major underlying legal issues.

It was "our unsought responsibility to resolve the federal and constitutional issues" in the case, the majority said in its unsigned opinion.

In a unanimous, unsigned opinion, the Justices took no position on the constitutional issue.

The appeals court upheld that decision last fall in an unsigned, three-paragraph opinion.

The Court of Appeals, in an unsigned but unanimous three-page opinion, disagreed.

The unsigned opinion was welcomed by Microsoft, which is no longer under immediate threat of being split into two companies.