Judges Refuse to Rehear 9/11 Ruling

NU Online News Service, Dec. 16, 11:44 a.m.EST?A federal appeals court in Manhattan has refused arequest by World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein toreconsider a September ruling that the planes that hit the twotowers cannot as a matter of law be considered two separateevents.[@@]

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appealshad ruled in September that a trial is necessary to determinewhether the planes that crashed into the towers was one event ortwo. That trial is scheduled to start on Feb. 9.

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