What follows is an opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States. Your task is to identify the disposition of the case, that is, the treatment the Supreme Court accorded the court whose decision it reviewed. The information relevant to this variable may be found near the end of the summary that begins on the title page of each case, or preferably at the very end of the opinion of the Court. For cases in which the Court granted a motion to dismiss, consider "petition denied or appeal dismissed". There is "no disposition" if the Court denied a motion to dismiss.

Opinion:
VERMONT v. COX
No. 86-1108.
Argued November 3, 1987
Decided December 14, 1987
Susan R. Harritt, Assistant Attorney General of Vermont, argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General, and Joanna A. Mauer, Assistant Attorney General.
Paul J. Larkin, Jr., argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioner. On the brief were Solicitor General Fried, Assistant Attorney General Weld, Deputy Solicitor General Bryson, Harriet S. Shapiro, and Kathleen A. Felton.
Henry Hinton, by invitation of the Court, 481 U. S. 1012, argued the cause as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below. With him on the brief was William A. Nelson.
Per Curiam.
The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.

Question: What is the disposition of the case, that is, the treatment the Supreme Court accorded the court whose decision it reviewed?

Choices:
stay, petition, or motion granted
affirmed (includes modified)
reversed
reversed and remanded
vacated and remanded
affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
vacated
petition denied or appeal dismissed
certification to or from a lower court
no disposition

Answer: 8