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Microsoft Corp. has given up its membership in the Software and Information Industry Association because of the association's support for the government in its antitrust case against Microsoft. Microsoft COO Robert Herbold explained in a letter to the association that his resignation was due to the association's focus on the antitrust suit to the exclusion of other important industry policy issues.
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Microsoft Corp. has filed a motion with the United States Supreme Court asking the court to send the company's appeal of the Department of Justice's antitrust case down to the United States Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia. The software maker said Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's decision against it was made on the basis of errors, both factual and procedural, and that the case was extremely complex while the Dept. of Justice, in its filing, said further delays could cause harm to Microsoft's competitors. The Supreme Court may hear the case directly or decide to remand it to the lower court, which is allowed under the 1974 amendment to the Expediting Act of 1903. The last time the federal government petitioned the high court for a direct appeal was during the antitrust case against AT&T in 1974.
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Nine states have come forward to argue the settlement between Microsoft and the Department of Justice. The states involved are New York, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucy, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, and Wisconsin.
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