FC: MS to Supremes: Judge Jackson's bias should give us new trial

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Microsoft's legal filings:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/appeals/08-07petition.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/appeals/08-07stay.asp

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http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,45914,00.html

   MS Plea: Judge Judge's Character
   By Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com)
   2:00 a.m. Aug. 8, 2001 PDT

   WASHINGTON -- U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson once was
   Microsoft's most prominent critic.

   Now, after enduring four years of public insults and hostile court
   rulings from the judge, Microsoft has found Jackson to be surprisingly
   useful.

   [...]

   Microsoft attorneys told the justices that Jackson's off-the-record
   chats were so "egregious" that not only should Jackson's breakup order
   be tossed in the trash, but their client needs a new trial with a
   replacement judge.

   "It is difficult to imagine a civil case that will leave a more
   indelible mark on the public's perception of the administration of
   justice than this case," Microsoft said in its petition for a writ of
   certiorari. "The threat that the judge's misconduct poses to the
   public's perception of judges and the process of judging is palpable."

   [...]




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