Microsoft, feds spar over appeals venue

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Wednesday, June 14, 2000 | 11:22 a.m.

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Justice Department traded a flurry of legal papers in two separate courtrooms as they jockeyed for position in the critical appeal of Microsoft's antitrust case.

Microsoft attempted to better its chances of having its appeal of antitrust violations heard by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has been sympathetic in the past, while the DOJ filed to have the case fast-tracked directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The company on Tuesday asked the Court of Appeals to stay a federal judge's order requiring not only the breakup of Microsoft, but also a number of restrictions on its business practices that are due to take effect Sept. 6.