Affirmed by published per curiam opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON and Judge WILLIAMS wrote concurring opinions. Judge WIDENER wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN, Judge WILKINS, and Judge TRAXLER joined. Senior Judge HAMILTON wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
This case came to be argued before the en banc court on April 6, 1999. The judgment of the district court is hereby affirmed by an equally divided en banc court...
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