--- doublespace.sty.orig	Wed Oct  5 17:14:16 1994
+++ doublespace.sty	Wed Mar 26 17:50:27 1997
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     \splittopskip\footnotesep
     \splitmaxdepth \dp\strutbox \floatingpenalty \@MM
     \hsize\columnwidth \@parboxrestore
-   \edef\@currentlabel{\csname p@footnote\endcsname\@thefnmark}\@makefntext
+   \protected@edef\@currentlabel{\csname p@footnote\endcsname\@thefnmark}\@makefntext
     {\rule{\z@}{\footnotesep}\ignorespaces
       #1\strut}}}