General Electric Company
Amicus Curiae
Laurence H. Tribe, Counsel of Record General Electric is a diversified manufacturing and financial services company based in Connecticut. Among the products it manufactures are appliances, aircraft engines, lighting, and power systems. It also owns the NBC television network. Laurence H. Tribe is a professor of constitutional law at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1968. He received his law degree from Harvard in 1966. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 20, 2000.This case presents an important opportunity not only to correct the court…