Court of Justice 20 June 2002, C-277/01 P (European Parliament v Ignacio Samper.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I ─ Introduction 1. By its appeal in this case, the European Parliament seeks to have the judgment delivered on 3 May 2001 by the Court of First Instance in Case T-99/00 Ignacio Samper v European Parliament (hereinafter "the contested judgment" ) set aside.