Microsoft appeal filings in Java update litigation

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Microsoft appeal filings in Java update litigation

January 22, 2003 06:43:00 pm

Sun Microsystems v. Microsoft, emergency stay application by Microsoft to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit seeking to delay implementation of a District Court order pending appeal and a motion to expedite Microsoft's appeal of the order, January 22, 2003. Read the full text of the stay application and the full text of the motion to expedite appeal. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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