On August 20, 2010, Albermarle Circuit Court Judge Paul Peatross heard argument on when Cuccinelli should get the requested data, including emails between Mann and his research assistants, secretaries and 39 other scientists across the country [REF].
Mann called the ruling a victory "for all scientists who live in fear that they may be subject to a motivated witch hunt when their research findings prove inconvenient to powerful vested interests."[REF] .