But according to a new lawsuit, granted the right to request class-action status last week by U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Washington, D.

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In that suit, the Kings County Superior Court judge denied the request for class-action status, ruling that Microsoft had taken sufficient care to ensure its product worked as advertised, and threw the suit out of court, Murray said.

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At a hearing yesterday, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals appeared unlikely to grant Wal-Mart's request to dismiss the class action.

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