Order certifying Microsoft's appeal for direct consideration by the Supreme Court, and staying the Final Judgment.
Date: June 20, 2000.
Source: U.S. District Court, District of Columbia.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

      Plaintiff,

    v.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION,

      Defendant.

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STATE OF NEW YORK, et al.,

      Plaintiffs,

    v.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION,

      Defendant.

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MICROSOFT CORPORATION,

      Counterclaim-Plaintiff,

ELIOT SPITZER, attorney general of the
State of New York, in his official
capacity, et al.,

      Counterclaim-Defendants.

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)		 Civil Action No. 98-1232 (TPJ)

 

 

 

 

 

Civil Action No. 98-1233 (TPJ)

 

 

 

 

ORDER

Upon consideration of the joint motion of the plaintiffs for certification pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 29(b), and the opposition of defendant Microsoft Corporation thereto, it is, this 20th [begin page 2] day of June, 2000,

ORDERED, that the joint motion by plaintiffs for certification pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 29(b) is granted, and this Court hereby certifies that immediate consideration by the Supreme Court of the appeal taken herein is of general public importance in the administration of justice; and it is

FURTHER ORDERED, that the Final Judgment of June 7, 2000, is stayed in its entirety until the appeal therefrom is heard and decided, unless the stay is earlier vacated by an appellate court.



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Thomas Penfield Jackson
U.S. District Court