No. 00-1507. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE v. MAYDAK. C.A. D.C. Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 218 F.3d 760.

No. 00-1539. MOORE ET AL. v. AFTER HEALTH AND RETIREMENT FUNDS ET AL. C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 216 F.3d 1236.

No. 00-1552. PEZOLD, RICHEY, CARUSO BARKER v. CHEROKEE NATION. Ct. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 18 P.3d 364.

No. 00-1560. GENTILE ET AL. v. QUAKER OATS CO. C.A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 232 F.3d 817.

No. 00-1563. BEVERLY CALIFORNIA CORP., DBA BEVERLY ENTERPRISE v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. C.A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 227 F.3d 817.

No. 00-1568. DIETELBACH v. OHIO EDISON CO. C.A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 248 F.3d 1147.

No. 00-1582. ARCADIS GERAGHTY MILLER, INC. v. CONOCO INC. ET AL. C.A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 234 F.3d 917.

No. 00-1604. BROWN WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. v. CATER ET UX. Sup.Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 778 So.2d 932.

No. 00-1629. JUNO MARINE AGENCY, INC., ET AL. v. TAIBL, SPECIAL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF TAIBL. Dist.Ct.App. Fla., 3d Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 761 So.2d 373.

No. 00-1634. BECKER v. MACSENTI. C.A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 237 F.3d 1223.

No. 00-1637. NORFOLK WESTERN RAILWAY CO. v. DYE ET AL. Cir. Ct. Mingo County, W. Va. Certiorari denied.

No. 00-1639. PASTOREK v. TRIAL ET AL. C.A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 248 F.3d 1140.

No. 00-1642. BEXLEY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL. v. KNABLE, A MINOR, BY AND TROUGH HIS MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND, KNABLE. C.A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 238 F.3d 755.