I could have sworn it wasn't. Here is a more recent link:
[link|http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/04/30/justice.pledge/index.html|http://www.cnn.com/2...pledge/index.html]

It should have been decided to hear the appeal by June 2003, which is already over. I cannot find any more recent links for this story, but I do remember hearing it on the CNN channel recently.

P.S. This just in "Franco is still dead!" regards to Chevy Chase. :)