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LEDBETTER v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., INC.

No. 05-1074.

127 S.Ct. 2162 (2007)

550 U.S. 618

167 L.Ed.2d 982

Lilly M. LEDBETTER, Petitioner, v. The GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin K. Russell, Washington, DC, for the petitioner.

Glen D. Nager, for the respondent.

Irving L. Gornstein, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford Law School, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford, CA, Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Jon C. Goldfarb, Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, Birmingham, AL, Kevin K. Russell, Counsel of Record, Amy Howe, Howe & Russell, P.C., Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Jay St. Clair, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP, Birmingham, AL, Glen D. Nager, Counsel of Record, Michael A. Carvin, Shay Dvoretzky, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

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