ADAMS et al. v. FLORIDA POWER CORP. et al.

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228 OCTOBER TERM, 2001
Per Curiam
ADAMS et al. v. FLORIDA POWER CORP. et al.
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for
the eleventh circuit
No. 01–584. Argued March 20, 2002—Decided April 1, 2002
Certiorari dismissed. Reported below: 255 F. 3d 1322.
John G. Crabtree argued the cause for petitioners. With
him on the briefs was Edward L. Scott.
Glen D. Nager argued the cause for respondents. With
him on the brief were Daniel H. Bromberg, Rodney E.
Gaddy, and Nancy F. Reynolds.*
Per Curiam.
The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently
granted.
It is so ordered.
*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for AARP et al. by
Laurie A. McCann, Daniel B. Kohrman, Thomas W. Osborne, and Melvin
Radowitz; for the Cornell University Chapter of the American Association
of University Professors et al. by Michael Evan Gold; and for the National
Employment Lawyers Association by Cathy Ventrell-Monsees.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Atlantic
Legal Foundation by Martin S. Kaufman; for the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States by Mark S. Dichter, Stephen A. Bokat, and Joshua
A. Ulman; for the Equal Employment Advisory Council by Ann Elizabeth
Reesman and Rae T. Vann; and for the Pacific Legal Foundation by John
H. Findley.
Alfred W. Blumrosen, Ruth G. Blumrosen, Archibald J. Thomas III,
and Russell S. Bohn filed a brief for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
as amicus curiae.