The appointment of a prominent Orangeman to the Northern Ireland Parades Commission by Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain was overturned in the High Court in Belfast today.
Mr Justice Morgan ordered the quashing of the appointment of David Burrows last November.
In a reserved judgment today, he ruled that the appointments procedure was unlawful "because it failed to ensure that membership of the Parades Commission was representative of both sides of the community".
The judge said his ruling did not preclude Mr Burrows reapplying and being appointed provided the correct procedures were followed.
A resident of the Garvaghy Road in Portadown went to the High Court last week seeking to overturn the appointment of Mr Burrows and fellow Orangeman Don MacKay.
Both Orangemen were members of the Portadown Lodge of the Orange Order which has been at the centre of the decade-long dispute surrounding the Drumcree parade.
Mr MacKay resigned from the commission earlier this week because of question marks over his application form.