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Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which OTMConnor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined, post, p. 172. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, post, p. 179.
Darrell E. Jordan argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Brittan L. Buchanan, David J. Schenck, and Nancy Trease.
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Dellinger, Assistant Attorneys General Hunger and Schiffer, Patricia A. Millett, Robert Klarquist, and Timothy Dowling. Richard A. Samp argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Daniel J. Popeo, Donald B. Ayer, Thomas M. Fisher, and Michael J. Mazzone.*
*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts et al. by Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Deborah Steenland, Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Grant Woods of Arizona, Winston Bryant of Arkansas, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Margery S. Bronster of Hawaii, Alan G. Lance of Idaho, James E. Ryan of Illinois, Jeffrey A. Modisett of Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Albert B. Chandler III of Kentucky, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, Andrew Ketterer of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Frank J. Kelley of Michigan, Hubert H. Humphrey III of Minnesota, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Philip T. McLaughlin of New Hampshire, Dennis C. Vacco of New York, Michael F. Easley of North Carolina, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Betty D. Montgomery of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, D. Michael Fisher of Pennsylvania, Jeffrey B. Pine of Rhode Island, John Knox Walkup of Tennessee, Jan Graham of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Christine O. Gregoire of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and William U. Hill of Wyoming; for the American Association of Retired Persons et al. by John H. Pickering, Bruce Vignery, Michael R. Schuster, and J. Allen May; for the American Bar Association by Jerome J. Shestack, Jerold S. Solovy, Barry Levenstam, Paul M. Smith, and Nory Miller; for the
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