Legal Opinion

In Re Microsoft Corp. Antitrust Litigation

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided May 7, 2003No. MDL 1332, No. CIV.JFM-00-1269Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

MOTZ, District Judge.

This action is brought under the Vermont Consumer Fraud Act (‘VCFA”). Plaintiffs have filed a motion for summary judgment as to liability. Plaintiffs contend: (1) as a result of my rulings on plaintiffs’ Rule 16 motions, Microsoft is collaterally estopped from contesting that it violated the Sherman Act; (2) a violation of the Sherman Act constitutes a violation of the VCFA, see Vermont Mobile Home Owners’ Ass’n, Inc. v. Lapierre, 94 F.Supp.2d 519, 523 (D.Vt.2000); and (3) plaintiffs need not prove actual damages to establish liability under the VCFA.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

Charles of the Ritz Distributors Corp. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
Federal Trade Commission v. Sterling Drug, Inc., Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample, Inc., and Thompson-Koch CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
United States v. Microsoft Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 1999
Peabody v. P.J.'s Auto Village, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1989
Vermont Mobile Home Owners' Ass'n v. LapierreDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 2000