The article on Arstechnica noted at similarities between the infringement and the functionality of HyperCard, which shipped on all Macs in 1987. Hypercard used stacks of cards that had some shared some aspects with a group, but individual cards could also have unique elements. These included text fields, GUI elements and background images. I haven't looked at the patent, but owning the ability to - display records/documents in a virtual pile, possibly in chronological order, with the ability to scroll through them - sounds absurd to me.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/10/apple-loses-patent...