That's a key a lot of the coverage of this issue misses out on highlighting. A contract fundamentally is a meeting of the minds and an acknowledgment of that. I

That's a key a lot of the coverage of this issue misses out on highlighting. A contract fundamentally is a meeting of the minds and an acknowledgment of that. If former business had always been conducted between the two parties with paperwork, signatures, and lawyers it's unlikely the judge would have considered this a meeting of the minds. The history between these two clearly was the primary decider in that an emoji is acceptance.