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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND IN RE MICROSOFT CORP. ANTITRUST LITIGATION * * MDL 1332 * * "Consumer Track" * * "Competitor Track" ***** MEMORANDUM

Microsoft has filed a motion requesting that I certify for interlocutory appeal the order I entered on April 4, 2003, granting plaintiffs' Rule 16(c) motions for preclusive effect with respect to certain findings of fact entered by Judge Jackson in United States v. Microsoft. Certification for an interlocutory appeal is proper where: (1) the order to be appealed involves a controlling question of law; (2) there is substantial ground for difference of opinion on that question of law; and (3) an immediate appeal from the order may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation. 28 U.S.C.

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