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To: JC Jaros who wrote (46642)	6/14/2000 1:57:00 PM
From: johnd	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Another big victory for MSFT against the 140 private lawsuits. See below. JC Jaros and other MSFT bashers, I predict that soon you will be off this thread and go back to SUNW thread. ====== Microsoft Price Complaint Dismissed PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Microsoft that claimed consumers paid too much for Windows 98, giving the software maker one of its first victories in a string of antitrust suits filed in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Multnomah County Circuit Judge John Wittmayer based his Tuesday decision on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that consumers cannot sue under antitrust rules if they did not purchase a product directly from Microsoft, according to Rich Wallis, an attorney for Microsoft. Most consumers buy computers with Windows 98 already installed, rather than purchasing the software directly from Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft. The Oregon case was one of 137 filed against Microsoft on behalf of millions of consumers nationwide. ``I think it certainly is going to influence other judges,'' Wallis said. David Dean, a Portland lawyer representing Oregon consumers Hafez Daraee and Brooks Cooper, said an appeal is being considered.

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