Did not see that coming (Troll edition)

The US District Court for the District of Nebraska has ruled (decision here) that the state of Nebraska must pay $725,000 in fees and costs to NPE "MPHJ Technology Investment LLC" after the state AG sent cease and desist orders to MPHJ pursuant to a suit filed under the state's anti-patent-trolling statute.  According to the Court, the state "violated 42 USC 1983 and the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitutuion."

Ouch.