Angelina Jolie on Monday racked up what was described as 'an important victory' in her years-long legal battle with ex-husband Brad Pitt over their French winery Chateau Miraval. 

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Cindy Panuco ruled that the 50-year-old actress should not have to surrender to Pitt and his team 22 emails discussing the case, which a judge had ordered her to do last December.

The appellate court upended that decision, citing that since legal game plans were mentioned in the batch of emails, they should be off-limits to Pitt's camp, according to legal documents reviewed by the Daily Mail.

Jolie's lawyer, Paul Murphy, told the Daily Mail that the latest ruling marked 'an important victory' for the Oscar-winning actress.

'The decision shows that Mr Pitt was completely out of bounds when he sought access to obviously privileged documents,' Murphy said on Tuesday. 'He initially demanded 126 privileged documents, but then backtracked to 22, and now Mr Pitt is getting nothing, zero.'

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Jolie and Pitt for further comment. 

Murphy said the legal requests were indicative of 'Pitt’s pattern of demanding control over anything Angelina, including control over her communications with her own attorneys.'

Jolie's attorney concluded, 'We are extremely gratified that both the Court of Appeal and the trial court ultimately put a stop to it.'

A Pitt source told TMZ Tuesday that all Jolie's team garnered was 'a potential temporary decision that allows them to keep information about her real intentions out of court.' 

The Fight Club star, 62, did garner a favorable outcome in the latest ruling from the court, as the judge denied Jolie's request to the court to sanction $34,000 to Pitt's lawyers for using a motion to try and obtain the emails, saying 'sanctions are not warranted.'

The latest in the case comes weeks after the Maleficent star filed court documents indicating she felt a trial start date in September 2027 works well, despite Pitt's push to have it five months earlier. 

'It's sort of sad that the strategy is just a delay instead of addressing or resolving things but that's par for the course,' a source close to Pitt told the Daily Mail of Jolie's latest tack in the legal proceedings. 

The Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood star said in a recent filing that the legal back and forth has deprived him of years of 'the quiet enjoyment of his home in France,' which is valued at $164 million.

The Academy Award-winning actor said that time is of the essence, as key witnesses in the case are aging, with one having died.

Pitt, in court filings reviewed by TMZ, also pointed to the ages of Jolie's attorneys, saying that one had passed the bar more than 50 years ago, in 1972.

Jolie told the court that the five-month delay will have a negligible impact on the case.

Pitt has not brought any evidence before the court to show how the case has impacted him enjoying his visits to the estate, Jolie said in court documents.

Jolie, in her filing, responded to Pitt's concerns that a fall trial would be interrupted by the Jewish High Holidays.

The Lara Croft: Tomb Raider star said that Pitt did not provide names of members of his legal team who would be sidelined by the religious observances.

In previous filings, the A-listers, who initially linked up filming 2005's Mr & Mrs Smith, had wanted different dates for the trial to commence.

February 1, 2027, had been set by the court, according to legal documents reviewed by TMZ, leading Pitt to concede two months. Pitt said in the filing that he hoped to begin sooner so that all involved could 'move on with their lives.'

Jolie had requested that the case be brought before the court in November 2027, according to filings reviewed by the outlet.

Pitt sued Jolie in early 2022 for selling her share of the jointly owned estate and winery in Correns, France, to a Russian businessman, claiming it was done without his consent.

Jolie previously told the court that she did not require permission from Pitt to complete the sale to Yuri Shefler. The case continues.

Jolie and the Moneyball actor are parents to six children: Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 19, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 17. 

They split up in 2016 following a 12-year relationship and two-year marriage, with their divorce finalized in December 2024.