Opinion
Civil Action Nos. 98-1232 (TPJ), 98-1233 (TPJ).
November 19, 1999.
ORDER OF REFERENCE FOR MEDIATION
It is, this 19th day of November, 1999,
ORDERED, that these cases are referred for voluntary mediation to the Honorable Richard A. Posner, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, acting in a private capacity, the manner and duration thereof to be determined by Chief Judge Posner and to be scheduled by and coordinated through his chambers.
ORDER
With the agreement of the parties, and in accordance with the in-chambers status and scheduling conference of November 18, 1999, it is, this 19th day of November, 1999, ORDERED:
1. The memoranda of law to be filed by the parties pursuant to Scheduling Order No. 7 of November 5, 1999, shall not exceed seventy (70) pages in length, and the reply and surreply memoranda of law shall not exceed thirty (30) pages in length without prior leave of Court, except that defendant Microsoft's memorandum and surreply memorandum may exceed the prescribed length by the aggregate number of pages in the separate memoranda filed by plaintiff United States and the plaintiff States if separate memoranda are filed.
2. Professor Lawrence Lessig is invited to participate asamicus curiae by the Court, and the plaintiff United States, the plaintiff States collectively, and the defendant Microsoft may each designate a single amicus curiae of their choice. Amici curiae may file memoranda of law on issues of their choice, not to exceed fifty (50) pages in length, the same to be filed on or before January 31, 2000.
3. Oral argument on proposed Conclusions of Law is scheduled for February 22, 2000, at 10:00 a.m., in a courtroom to be designated.
4. No dates fixed by Scheduling Order No. 7 or this Order shall be deemed postponed by the Order of Reference for Mediation entered simultaneously herewith unless subsequently ordered hereafter for good cause.