 Microsoft appealed the facts and ruling to the European Court of First Instance with hearings in September 2006.In 2000, a group of customers and business filed a class action suit in "Comes v. Microsoft Corp.", alleging that Microsoft violated Iowa's antitrust laws by engaging in monopolistic practices.In 2002, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that indirect purchasers (consumers who purchased computers from a third-party, with Microsoft's software pre-installed in the computer) could be included as members of the class in the class action suit.