Leaders of the Atlanta Tea Party are challenging Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power over the monopoly's reluctance to increase its use of solar power, the ballooning costs of building a new nuclear power plant and even its legal right to monopoly status.
If Microsoft can do that before the final verdict is delivered, the findings of fact could be expunged - and a slew of possible lawsuits from competitors, founded on the legal recognition of Microsoft as a monopoly, could be avoided.