ADDRESSING THE COURT--Nicholas A. Pittner, lead attorney for DeRolph v. Ohio pleads his case before the Ohio Supreme Court, in Columbus Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1996. The case has to do with the constitutionality of the funding of public education in the state of Ohio.

OHIO SUPREME COURT--The Ohio Supreme Court, from left, Deborah L. Cook, Francis E Sweeney, Andrew Douglas, Chief Justice Thomas J Moyer, Alice Robie Resnick, Paul E Pfeifer, and Evelyn L. Stratton listen to arguments in school funding case "DeRolph v. Ohio" in Columbus Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1996.

DeROLPH v. OHIO--Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas J Moyer, right and Andrew Douglas listen to arguments in the Ohio school funding case, DeRolph v. Ohio, in Columbus Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1996. The Court will consider the constitutionality of the state's funding of public education.

TAKING NOTES--Lawyers representing the state of Ohio take notes, while spectators listen to arguments in the case of "DeRolph v. Ohio" before the Ohio Supreme Court, in Columbus Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1996.