1.   Court observers said the presence of a strong dissent in the panel ruling makes a rehearing by the entire court a good possibility.

2.   In a strong dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia contended the Colorado provision does nothing more than deny homosexuals preferential treatment.

3.   The decision brought a strong dissent from one justice and partial dissent from two others.

4.   The decision drew a strong dissent.

5.   However, he presents no figures for Giza or Gharbia, areas of strong pre-implementation dissent.