Microsoft renewed its call for the US Supreme Court to reverse an Appeals Court ruling that found the company guilty of illegally abusing its monopoly in the software market.
In a filing sent earlier this week to the court, Microsoft reiterated its claim that District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's misconduct during the trial had tainted the case.
During the hearings, Judge Jackson gave interviews to the press before making his final ruling on the case.
"The violations here were so profound that it is difficult to imagine a case in which a new trial would be more appropriate," Microsoft lawyers said in the filing.
"This court should grant review now before further proceedings occur," the brief said.
Microsoft said that the Appeals Court's ruling, which upheld a number of Jackson's findings, "cannot be reconciled with decisions of other circuits that have ordered new trials for far less egregious violations."
The appeals court on June 28th had upheld a finding that Microsoft acted as an illegal monopoly.
But it said the breakup of the company ordered last year by Jackson was not justified by the evidence.
The US government last week abandoned its demand for a break-up of Microsoft and narrowed the scope of the case in an effort to resolve the case more quickly.
AFP