The battle waged on. And on.
What began as a heated dispute between shareholders quickly mutated into something far more complex—something uncontrollable. Though the case was held on federal soil, and thus escalated into a federal matter, it proved anything but easily solvable. The weight of it dragged on for weeks, gripping the entire nation—and soon the world.
Time Magazine dubbed it The Courtroom War of the Decade, a title not given lightly, especially considering the cases that had come before it. It eclipsed Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. It cast a shadow over Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the landmark ruling that lifted restrictions on corporate election spending, one of the most controversial decisions in modern U.S. legal history.
