This is clearly a position opposite to the vast majority of consumers in this country. In the wake of a tough appeals court decision, the Justice Department asked the court to end the current phase of the Microsoft antitrust case and immediately send it back to a lower court to determine a remedy in the matter. United States U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson displayed bias against Microsoft all through the company's antitrust trial. Now the software firm wants the Supreme Court to throw out the controversial judge's rulings and give it a new trial. United States Lawsuits in Louisiana and Oklahoma challenge legal monopolies that prevent anybody from offering caskets in competition with funeral homes.
Restrictive laws can boost the cost of a burial by thousands of dollars.
State attorneys general worried about the potential market impact of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows XP and other products are discussing whether to file another antitrust lawsuit against the computer software maker. A U.S. appeals court vacated a ruling splitting Microsoft Corp. into two companies, while upholding a judge's finding that the largest software company illegally defended its Windows monopoly. It is obvious Microsoft will continue to resist attempts to require this remedy. It is time to settle this case and move forward. The Department of Justice is telling the U.S. Supreme Court that Microsoft does not deserve a review of the company's high-profile antitrust case, despite findings of egregious behavior by the judge in the case.