U.S. v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Civil Action Nos. 98-1232 (TPJ), 98-1233 (TPJ).

87 F.Supp.2d 30 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant. State of New York, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Microsoft Corporation, Defendant. Microsoft Corporation, Counterclaim-Plaintiff, Eliot Spitzer, attorney general of the State of New York, in his official capacity, et al., Counterclaim-Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY, Christopher Crook, U.S. Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, CA, A. Douglas Melamed, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington DC, for plaintiff United States in case 1:98cv01232.

Alan R. Kusinitz, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY, for plaintiffs in case 1:98cv01233.

David Paul Murray, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Washington, DC, for movant Bloomberg News.

Daryl Andrew Libow, Sullivan & Cromwell, Washington, DC, John Lehman Warden, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY, for defendant Microsoft Corp.

Donald Manwell Falk, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC for Network Computer Inc.

Joseph Jay Simons, Rogers & Wells, L.L.P., Washington, DC for Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Samuel R. Miller, Folger, Levin & Kahn, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, and Trisa Jean Thompson, Dell Computer Corporation, Round Rock, TX, for Dell Computer Corporation.

Junius Carlisle McElveen, Jr., Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC for IBM.

Allen Roger Snyder, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC for movant Netscape Communications Corp.

Lee J. Levine, Levine Sullivan & Koch, LLP, Washington, DC, for movants Seattle Times, ZDTV, ZDNET, The Washington Post Co., Associated Press, Dow Jones & Co., New York Times Co., American Lawyer Media, and USA Today.

Niki Kuckes, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, L.L.P., Washington DC for movant Reuter America, Inc.

Robert A. Gutkin, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, L.L.P., Washington, DC for movant San Jose Mercury News, Inc.

Jerry L. Robinett and Roy A. Day, movants pro se.

Richard Joseph Favretto, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC for movant Oracle Corp.

William Dean Coston, Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, L.L.P., Washington, DC for movant Compaq Computer Corp.

Benjamin S. Sharp, Perkins, Cote, L.L.P., Washington DC for movant Boeing Co.

Jay Ward Brown, Levine Sullivan & Koch, L.L.P., Washington, DC for movant Associated Press.

Carl Richard Schenker, Jr., O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, DC for movant Bristol Technology Inc.

Robert Stephen Berry, Berry & Leftwich, Washington, DC for movant Gravity, Inc.


CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

JACKSON, District Judge.

The United States, nineteen individual states, and the District of Columbia ("the plaintiffs") bring these consolidated civil enforcement actions against defendant Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") under the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2. The plaintiffs charge, in essence, that Microsoft has waged an unlawful campaign in defense of its monopoly position in the market for operating...

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