9th Circuit decides - Susan Coffey won a new trial when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Judge Jack Tanner's decision tossing out a unanimous jury decision of excessive use of force against Coffey at the secret warehouse in Pierce County during the 1996 General Election. The second trial occurred on Sept. 18, 2000 and lasted 2 days. The jury took 90 minutes to return a damage award of $1 compensatory $1 punitive to Coffey. http://www.clean.org/ http://www.voting-integrity.org/text/2000/newstribune.shtml