opinion: ADAMS et al. v. FLORIDA POWER CORP. et al.
  No. 01-584.
  Argued March 20, 2002 —
  Decided April 1, 2002
  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.
  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.
  Per Curiam.
  The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.
  It is so ordered.