The Court of Appeals has already agreed to hear the case,
unusually before all its judges instead of the normal panel of
three. It issued a statement saying that any proceedings would be
fast-tracked if it gets the case.
Microsoft said in a statement that this “clearly shows that the
court is prepared to move expeditiously, which is in the best
interests of all parties... Given the vast array of factual, legal
and procedural errors with the District Court’s decision, we
believe the Court of Appeals is the proper venue.”
The Supreme Court still has to decide whether it wants to hear
the case or not if Judge Jackson takes heed of the government’s
formal request to send it there.
Microsoft now has less than 90 days before restrictions on its
corporate behaviour are due to go into effect, although the
break-up will be postponed until the appeals process is
exhausted.
