St. Joseph Superior Judge Jamie Woods

South Bend Common Council President Canneth Lee said he was "disappointed" with St. Joseph Superior Judge Jamie Woods' ruling in favor of the officers in the police tapes case. But on Friday Lee stopped short of calling for an appeal.

After a 14-year legal fight between the South Bend Common Council, city administration and a group of officers, St. Joseph Superior Judge Jamie Woods on Thursday ruled the city must destroy the recordings of officers, some of the allegedly saying racially offensive things, because they were made without the officers' consent, in violation of the Indiana and federal wiretap acts.