FORD MOTOR CO. et al. v. McCAULEY et al.

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CASES ADJUDGED
IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
AT
OCTOBER TERM, 2002
FORD MOTOR CO. et al. v. McCAULEY et al.
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for
the ninth circuit
No. 01–896. Argued October 7, 2002—Decided October 15, 2002
Certiorari dismissed. Reported below: 264 F. 3d 952.
Seth P. Waxman argued the cause for petitioners. With
him on the briefs were Walter E. Dellinger, John H. Beisner,
Brian P. Brooks, Jonathan D. Hacker, Christopher R. Lip-
sett, and Bruce M. Berman.
Steve W. Berman argued the cause for respondents. With
him on the brief were Roger W. Kirby, James G. Lewis, and
Russell J. Drake.*
*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the United States
by Solicitor General Olson, Assistant Attorney General McCallum, Dep-
uty Solicitor General Clement, Barbara McDowell, Barbara C. Biddle,
and Thomas M. Bondy; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United
States of America by Evan M. Tager, David M. Gossett, and Robin S.
Conrad; for the Business Roundtable by Bruce E. Clark; for the National
Association of Manufacturers by Carter G. Phillips, Gene C. Schaerr, Paul
J. Zidlicky, Michael S. Lee, Jan S. Amundson, and Quentin Riegel; for
the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America by David
Klingsberg, Thomas A. Smart, and Mark S. Popofsky; for the Product
Liability Advisory Council by Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr.; and for State
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2 FORD MOTOR CO. v. McCAULEY
Per Curiam
Per Curiam.
The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently
granted.
It is so ordered.
Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. by Sheila L. Birnbaum, Douglas
W. Dunham, and Ellen P. Quackenbos.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Association
of Trial Lawyers of America by Jeffrey Robert White and Laura C. Thar-
ney; and for Trial Lawyers for Public Justice by Roger L. Mandel, Marc
R. Stanley, Mark A. Chavez, Arthur Bryant, and Michael Quirk.