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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND IN RE MICROSOFT CORP. ANTITRUST LITIGATION * * * * * * * * * *****

MDL 1332

GAYLE WALSH v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Civil No. JFM-05-1277

MEMORANDUM On February 17, 2005, Plaintiff Gayle Walsh filed this lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas of Barnwell County, South Carolina on behalf of herself and a class of indirect purchasers of Microsoft Windows in South Carolina. The complaint alleges Defendant Microsoft Corp. engaged in illegal restraints of trade in violation of South Carolina law and thereby harmed the class. This case is one of many filed by private plaintiffs against Microsoft since Judge Jackson's finding that the company engaged in anticompetitive behavior. See United States v. Microsoft Corp., 84 F. Supp. 2d 9 (D.D.C. 1999). Walsh's claim arises out of her purchase of a computer using the Windows operating system. She claims Microsoft's wrongdoing violated South Carolina's antitrust statutes, S.C. Code Ann.

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