This is from Sports Illustrated. My computer won't paste the link. I have highlighted the key part, because this is what everyone in Seattle was hoping would happen, and was part of their "scorched earth" philosophy:

Stern not ordered to testify

NEW YORK (AP) -NBA commissioner David Stern will not be ordered to testify in a case brought by the city of Seattle to try to keep the SuperSonics from moving, though a federal judge may consider ordering the testimony in the future.

U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska rejected most of the requests of the lawyers for the city of Seattle, saying she didn't think some of the information they were seeking from the NBA was necessary to press their claims.

Preska had been asked to decide what evidence the city can seek from the NBA before a June 16 trial in federal court in Seattle to decide whether the Sonics must complete the final two years of a lease agreement for Seattle's KeyArena, the NBA's smallest venue.

She said she would consider whether Stern must testify only after the city learns what it can from other witnesses.

She also rejected a request by the city for the financial records of the 29 other NBA teams, calling it the city's "most intrusive request.'' NBA lawyer Jeffrey A. Mishkin said the league considered the financial information "highly proprietary.''