[Am-info] Appeals Court Announcement

[John N Bryan]

on 6/13/00 8:48 PM, John N Bryan at johnb@austin.rr.com wrote:

> From what I understand, this doesn't necessarily mean that
> the Supremes won't get to see it first, but that it is more
> unlikely now that the COA has made this pre-emptive announcement,
> before MS has even -filed- an appeal.
> 


I missed that they actually -did- finally go ahead and
file an appeal, since Jackson had said he wouldn't rule
on a stay until they filed one.  Didn't take them too long.

"Almost as soon as the appeals court received Microsoft's [appeals] brief,
the judges issued a remarkable order saying the entire court, minus three
judges who recused themselves, would hear the case "in view of its
exceptional importance.""

-JNB