The following can be found at:http://www.washtech.com/news/software/10807-1.html


By The Associated Press
Thursday, June 28, 2001; 11:52 AM

The appeals court ruled that U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson improperly conducted himself in the case, leaving himself open to the appearance he was biased against Microsoft.
"We vacate the judgment on remedies, because the trial judge engaged in impermissible ex parte contacts by holding secret interviews with members of the media and made numerous offensive comments about Microsoft officials in public statements outside of the courtroom, giving rise to an appearance of partiality," the court said.


Essentially, it appears that Judge Penfield showed so much bias during the trial that he caused his own judgements to be reversed. Looks like a pretty forceful slap at Judge Penfield more than anything directed (positive or negative) towards Microsoft itself.

I'm sure though that the lawyers at Microsoft are happier right now than an hour or two ago. <g>