Settlement in Microsoft Case?

Lawyers for the federal government and Microsoft Corp. have reached a tentative agreement to settle the historic antitrust case against the software giant. Terms of the proposed settlement are reportedly still being discussed.

Bush administration won't pursue case

Reversing a Clinton-era legal strategy, the Bush administration announced Thursday it will no longer seek the breakup of Microsoft and wants to end the historic antitrust case against the software maker as quickly as possible.

  • Aug. 7, 2001: Microsoft is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that the software giant is an illegal monopoly
  • Microsoft is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that the software giant is an illegal monopoly
  • June 28, 2001: A federal appeals court has set aside a lower court decision ording the breakup of software giant Microsoft
  • Feb 28, 2001: Appellate judges slammed the previous judge for commenting to the media outside the courtroom
  • Feb 27, 2001: Microsoft lawyers told a federal appeals court that the previous judge likened company founder Bill Gates to Napoleon
  • Appellate justices pepper lawyers with questions
  • Feb 26, 2001:Read our online interview with Ken Auletta, author of World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies
  • Nov. 28: Microsoft focuses appeal strategy on judge's conduct
  • Oct. 4: States plan to pursue Microsoft case no matter Federal outcome
  • Aug. 30: California judge permits class-action suit against Microsoft
  • July 26: Microsoft files Supreme Court appeal
  • June 21: Microsoft case now in hands of U.S. Supreme Court
  • June 20: Federal appeals court will take Microsoft case if Supreme Court doesn't
  • June 19: Appeals court rejects fed's request to stay out of Microsoft case
  • June 8: Microsoft to appeal court-ordered breakup
  • June 1: Microsoft anti-trust penalty up to judge
  • Apr. 4: Microsoft's competitors applaud anti-trust ruling
  • Apr. 4: Microsoft decision analysis
  • Apr. 4: Gates vows to fight breakup ruling
  • Apr. 3: Judge rules Microsoft broke anti-trust law
  • Mar. 27: Last-minute settlement rejected
  • Feb. 15: Why did Microsoft bundle its browser?
  • Feb. 16: A primer on anti-trust law
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      U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered Microsoft to split its company into two parts on June 7, 2000. Microsoft defends its appeal of the decision in a two-day hearing starting Monday, February 26, in federal appellate court.
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  • Court TV's Microsoft Video Archive
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  • Supreme Court Appeal
    Microsoft's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Microsoft's Response to the Government's Appeal
    Microsoft replies to the government's appeal .
  • The Government's Appeal
    The government appeals the June 7, 2000 ruling.
  • Microsoft's Appeal
    Microsoft argues that U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson was biased and therefore their case deserves an appeal.
  • Final judgment
    U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson orders Microsoft to split in two, with one company handling its browser operation and another its operating system.
  • Memo to Final judgment
    The memorandum to the judgment in which U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson orders Microsoft to split in two.
  • Conclusions of Law
    U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson concludes that Microsoft violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
  • Findings of Fact
    U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson reports findings of fact in the Microsoft anti-trust case.


    • View more case documents at the DOJ's archive

    View more case documents at the court of appeals archive

    View more case documents at Microsoft's archive


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