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Microsoft Judge Takes His Case to the Public

Posted by Hemos on from the takin'-it-to-the-street dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post reports: "About 15 months after the Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit rebuked U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson for talking to the media in the Microsoft antitrust case, Jackson has formally filed his rebuttal.""

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  1. Here's a by oever · · Score: 5, Informative

    more convenient link

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  2. The Island of Doctor Moureau by mccalli · · Score: 5, Informative
    And what is he, a scrabble champion or something? Do Judges REALLY talk like that?

    In The Island of Doctor Moureau (the original book, not the film interpretations), there is a human/orang-utan cross which speaks in what he calls "Big Thinks". The Orang-utan's idea is that if he uses big enough words, he'll seem really intelligent.

    When the book's protaganist flees home, he can't help noticing that most of the establishment (particularly his local vicar, as far as I recall), seems to be speaking purely in Big Thinks. I suspect our friend Mr Jackson is suffering from precisely the same syndrome.

    Cheers,
    Ian

  3. Re:Legal Times article? by maharg · · Score: 5, Informative

    here I think - http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename= OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&t=PubArticleDC&c=PubArti cle&cid=1032128635760&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa= 0

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  4. Re:So, the rules are bad? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    Hence the unqualified use of esoteric terms like omerta is just as justified as a reference to "snrtRNA" in Natrure or even "M$" on these pages.

    It's closer to M$ than to snrtRNA. Indeed, snrtRNA is a value-neutral word, whereas both M$ and omerta are derogatory. Indeed, usually omerta refer's to the Mafia's "law" of silence (enforced by death...), so Jackson is indeed comparing the judicial establishment to a criminal organization.

  5. Jackson's full article at law.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    here

  6. A Little Known Fact by edward.virtually@pob · · Score: 5, Informative

    One of the most interesting "little known facts" about Jackson and the MS case is that Jackson was the judge who overruled Stanley Sporkin, who felt the FIRST Department of Justice settlement (over MS's illegal crushing of competition in the DOS and GUI shell markets) was far too lenient, and allowed MS to avoid any real punishment for the illegal basis for its monopoly position. Now Jackson is in Sporkin's shoes and probably wishes he'd not helped MS get away the first time.

  7. Kollar-Kotelly fights abuse of civil rights.... by jerryasher · · Score: 4, Informative
    Judge Kollar-Kotelly is presiding over our secret FISA court -- the one that recently said no to expanding the Justice Department's powers since they have lied to the court on too many prior occasions. Perhaps she is busy these days fighting the war on terrorism, AND fighting Ashcroft's war on civil liberties.

    For more info on the FISA court, see the FAS page on FISA

    The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power.

    Requests are adjudicated by a special eleven member court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.