The judicial point appears to be about whether or not the company was reselling devices or if (as they claim) some rogue employees were doing it for their own benefit. If they're telling it true, I wonder what (if any) laws the employees were breaking.

It is "stealing garbage" after all, and possibly beneficial environmentally.

Maybe this should be our point. I'm certainly not outraged that someone resold apple's recycle stuff. If they get away with it, great.