Microsoft Case Sent To Supreme Court; Judge Puts Curbs Against Firm on Hold

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 21, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

A federal judge yesterday gave the government permission to take the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, but he also bowed to the pleas of the software giant and put on hold sweeping business-practice restrictions until appeals are decided.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson cited importance to the public and the "administration of justice" in his long-expected decision to let the government bypass the U.S. Court of Appeals. If the Supreme Court accepts the historic lawsuit, the final outcome could be decided in a year or two, perhaps sooner than if it ...

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