STILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL--Nicolas Pittner, left, lead attorney in the DeRolph v. Ohio school-funding case is joined by William Phillis, center, executive director of the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, and coalition attorney John Birath as they read the Ohio Supreme Court's decision ruling that the state's method of funding public education remains unconstitutional, at the Rhodes Tower, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

THE A TEAM--Victorious Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding attorneys, from left: Susan Greenberger, Nicholas Pittner, Sue Yount and John Birath are all smiles as they head to their Bricker & Eckler Law building following the Ohio Supreme Court's ruling that the state's method of funding public education remains unconstitutional, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

DEMS RESPOND TO DEROLPH--Senate Minority Leader Rhine McLin, left, D-Dayton, and House Minority Leader Jack Ford, D-Toledo, prepare to respond to the Ohio Supreme Court's decision, in DeRolph v. Ohio, that the state's method of funding public education remains unconstitutional, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

CLEAN SWEEP--Sen. Michael Shoemaker, D-Bourneville, holds a whisk broom to illustrate how the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled against Republican school-funding fixes, during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 11, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

CENTER OF THE STORM--Dale DeRolph, center, plaintiff in DeRolph v. Ohio school-funding case, spends a quiet moment prior to a news conference held by the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, following the Ohio Supreme Court's ruling that the state has failed the remedy its funding of public education, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 11, 2000. Also seen are lead attorney Nicholas Pittner, left, and coalition executive director William Phillis. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)