Opinion
No. 00-15981.
December 9, 2000.
Marcos D. Jimenez, White Case, LLP, Miami, Fl, Theodore B. Olson, Thomas G. Hungar, Daniel W. Nelson, Douglas R. Cox, Gibson, Dunn Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Beverly A. Pohl, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Samuel S. Goren, Josias, Goren, Cherof, Doody Ezrol, PA, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Lee Alan Kraftchick, Miami, FL, L. Roland Blossom, DeLand, FL, Charles Box Jones, III, Atlanta, GA, Mark A. Cullen, The Szymoniak Firm, P.A., Boca Raton, FL, David Isaac Adelman, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, John H. Fleming, Carey P. DeDeyn, James A. Orr, Allegra J. Lawrence, C. Francis Whitaker, III, Sutherland, Asbill Brennan, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Andrew Jeffrey Meyers, Fla. Dept. of Labor Employment Sec., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Daniel D. Eckert, Tura Schnebly, Volusia Cty. Legal Dept., Frank B. Gummey, III, DeLandf, FL, Bruce Rogow, Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.
Charles B. Campbell, Montgomery, AL, for Amicus Curiae Start of Alabama, Attorney General of Alabama and Secretary of State of Alabama.
Charles Melvin Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Scott Lee Rouse, Montgomery, Al, for Amicus Curiae Atty. Gen. of Fla.
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (No. 00-09009-CV-DMM); Donald M. Middlebrooks, Judge.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
BY THE COURT:
Appellants' Petition for Rehearing is DENIED. Judges Tjoflat, Birch, Dubina and Carnes dissent.