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.