The Appeals Court said "Wal Mart may exclude Trinity's Proposals from its 2015 proxy materials." "The Third Circuit reached the right decision in reversing the district court's ruling," Randy Hargrove, a Wal-Mart spokesman, told Arkansas Business. "We appreciate the court's quick consideration of the issues." Attorneys for Wal-Mart had argued that the district court's ruling would have "far-reaching implications for the entire retail industry because it could force public companies to have a shareholder vote to make decisions on ordinary business matters like what products a retailer sells." On 1 April 2014 the parish filed a complaint in the Delaware Federal District Court asking it to compel Wal-Mart to allow materials to be distributed to shareholders that calls for the company's board to regulate the sale of products that offend "family values."