Legal Opinion
Comes v. Microsoft Corp.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 20, 2009No. 07-2063PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HECHT, Justice.
Parties to litigation pending against Microsoft in Canadian courts sought to intervene in this case for the purpose of obtaining access to documents and data produced pursuant to a protective order. The district court granted the Canadian plaintiffs’ motion to intervene and modified the protective order to allow the Canadians the access they requested subject to the order’s terms of confidentiality. Upon our review of the district court’s ruling, we affirm.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
Plaintiffs in Iowa (Iowa plaintiffs) filed a class-action, antitrust lawsuit against…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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