[Am-info] (no subject)

[T. Guilbert]

In a message dated 2002 November 08 (Friday), timestamp 02:56 PM, 
   on the topic [Am-info] (no subject),
   Mitch Stone <mitch@accidentalexpert.com> wrote:

"|The appointments satisfy one requirement that U.S. District Judge  
"|Colleen Kollar-Kotelly imposed against Microsoft on behalf of nine  
"|states that had rejected a settlement the company negotiated with
"|the   Justice Department (news - web sites).

The clock strikes 13:00.  How much can the story be trusted when it
contains a sentence like this?  The settlement of the nine states
aligned with the Justice Department was accepted.  Judge K-K made
suggestions (she had not power to make amendments) in accepting the
settlement.  The appeal of the settlement -- asking the judge to
reject the settlement) had been made by the nine non-settling states. 
They lost this round.  (But they have another bite at the remedies
apple on their own non-settled cases). 

IOW, there was no "on behalf" involved anywhere. 

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