The appeal, involving a 2006 voter initiative from Michigan, is in some ways the mirror image of a separate case from Texas currently pending before the court.

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The sweeping allegations in Cuomo's statement mirror those made in a case filed against Intel in 2005 by AMD in a U.S. District Court in Delaware, Mulloy said.

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Some nights, he glanced up from his laptop and, seeing his face in a mirror, was struck by how much older he looked than he had when the case began.

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