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NORFOLK SOUTHERN R. CO. v. SHANKLIN

Counsel

Gregory S. Coleman, Solicitor General of Texas, ar-
gued the cause for the State of Texas et al. as amici curiae
urging reversal. With him on the brief were John Cornyn,
Attorney General of Texas, Andy Taylor, First Assistant
Attorney General, and Linda E. Eads, Deputy Attorney
General, Bill Pryor, Attorney General of Alabama, D. Mi-
chael Fisher, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Charlie
Condon, Attorney General of South Carolina, and Norman
N. Hill.

Thomas C. Goldstein argued the cause for respondent.
With him on the briefs were Pamela R. O’Dwyer and
Brian Wolfman.

Patricia A. Millett argued the cause for the United States
as amicus curiae urging afﬁrmance. With her on the brief
were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney
General Ogden, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Doug-
las N. Letter, Michael E. Robinson, Nancy E. McFadden,
Paul M. Geier, Dale C. Andrews, Edward V. A. Kussy, and
S. Mark Lindsey.*

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were ﬁled for the Association
of American Railroads by Daniel Saphire; and for the Product Liability
Advisory Council, Inc., by Kenneth S. Geller and Charles Rothfeld.

Briefs of amici curiae urging afﬁrmance were ﬁled for the State of
North Carolina et al. by Michael F. Easley, Attorney General of North
Carolina, and Amy R. Gillespie, Assistant Attorney General, and by the
Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Bill Lockyer of
California, Ken Salazar of Colorado, James E. Ryan of Illinois, Carla J.
Stovall of Kansas, Mike Hatch of Minnesota, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of
Missouri, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Patricia A. Madrid of New
Mexico, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Sheldon Whitehouse of
Rhode Island, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia; for the Angels
on Track Foundation et al. by Robert L. Pottroff; for the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America by Dale Haralson; and for the United Transpor-
tation Union by Lawrence M. Mann and Clinton Miller III.

William C. Hopkins II and David V. Scott ﬁled a brief for Kenneth

W. Heathington et al. as amici curiae.