JOHNSON, APPELLANT,
v.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION, APPELLEE.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted February 15, 2005.
Decided October 5, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Stanley M. Chesley, Paul M. De Marco, and Robert Heuck II; Barrett & Weber, L.P.A., and Michael R. Barrett; Markovits & Greiwe Co., L.P.A., and W.B. Markovits, for appellant.
Dinsmore & Shohl, L.L.P., Gregory Harrison, and John Luken; Sullivan & Cromwell, L.L.P., David P. Tulchin, and Richard C. Pepperman II, for appellee.
Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Kurtis A. Tunnell, Edward A. Matto, and Anne Marie Sferra; Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., R. Joseph Parker, William J. Seitz, and Jeanne M. Bruns, urging affirmance for amici curiae Ohio Manufacturers' Association, Ohio Chapter of National Federation of Independent Business, Ohio Chemistry Technology Council, and Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
Jim Petro, Attorney General, Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor, Stephen P. Carney, Senior Deputy Solicitor, and Jennifer L. Pratt, Assistant Attorney General, urging reversal for amicus curiae Attorney General of Ohio.
Weinstein, Kitchenoff, Scarlato, Karon & Goldman Ltd. and Daniel R. Karon, urging reversal for amici curiae National Consumers League, Consumer Action, and Organization for Competitive Markets.
Norman Hawker and Albert A. Foer; Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L.L.P., and Mark D. Tucker, urging reversal for amicus curiae American Antitrust Institute.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
O'DONNELL, J.
{¶ 1} The principal issue for our consideration on this appeal concerns whether plaintiff-appellant, Maria Johnson, who purchased a computer from Gateway, Inc., containing a Microsoft Windows 98 operating system, may file a class action lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation for monopolistic pricing of its software in violation of the Ohio Valentine Act. After careful consideration...
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