사건 일지:
•5/18/1998: the
U.S.
and sate plaintiffs
filed
complaints
•District
of Columbia, Judge
Thomas Penfield Jackson
–10/19/1998:
Trial started: 76–day
bench
trial
–11/5/1999:
Findings of
Fact
–4/3/2000:
Conclusion of Law
–6/7/2000:
Final Judgment:
Ordering MS broken into
OS
Business and
Applications
Business
•U.S.
Court of Appeals
–6/28/2001: Appeals
court vacates Microsoft breakup
•U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia:
Judge
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
–9/6/2001:
DOJ drops request for breakup and tying claim
–11/6/2001:
DOJ and nine states settle with Microsoft
–11/1/2002:
Judge approves DOJ Settlement;
gives
non-settling states the same terms,
청구원인과 1심, 2심 판단
창업자 Bill Gates는 네 번에 걸처 증언 (deposition)을 해야했고, 그 비디오 영상은 지금도 인터넷에서 쉽게 볼 수 있다.