Personally I take ANY victory in the US Courts as a very positive movement.
The important things to remember here is:
1.The Judge ruled on the case, it wasnt dismissed. That meant the argument had legal merit. This is very useful for future actions.
2. When a Judge rules on a case is provides LEGAL PRECEDENCE that a US Court to the position that UIGEA was enforcable ONLY in the states where it was already illegal. This could potentially be huge in future actions/cases and it affirms what many had already contended in regards to application of UIEGA.
I disagree that this was a small or meaningless victory. Every battle won leads to eventual victory of a war.