Briefs of
amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Wyoming et al. by
Joseph B. Meyer, Attorney General of Wyoming,
Sylvia Lee Hackl, Senior Assistant Attorney General,
Don Siegelman, Attorney General of Alabama,
Douglas B. Baily, Attorney General of Alaska,
Steve Clark, Attorney General of Arkansas,
John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General of California,
Duane Woodard, Attorney General of Colorado,
John J. Kelly, Chief State's Attorney of Connecticut,
Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia,
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of Florida,
Warren Price III, Attorney General of Hawaii,
Jim Jones, Attorney General of Idaho,
Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois,
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa,
Frederic J. Cowan, Attorney General of Kentucky,
James E. Tierney, Attorney General of Maine,
J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland,
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General of Michigan,
Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota,
Mike Moore, Attorney General of Mississippi,
William L. Webster, Attorney General of Missouri,
Marc Racicot, Attorney General of Montana,
Brian McKay, Attorney General of Nevada,
John P. Arnold, Attorney General of New Hampshire,
Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey,
Lacy H. Thornburg, Attorney General of North Carolina,
Robert H. Henry, Attorney General of Oklahoma,
Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania,
James E. O'Neil, Attorney General of Rhode Island,
T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General of South Carolina,
Roger A. Tellinghuisen, Attorney General of South Dakota,
Charles W. Burson, Attorney General of Tennessee,
Jim Mattox, Attorney General of Texas, and
Paul Van Dam, Attorney General of Utah; and for the California District Attorneys Association by
Edwin L. Miller, Jr., and
Thomas F. McArdle.