CHIEF JUSTICE THOMAS J. MOYER--Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer gestures as he questions an attorney during the compliance hearing on the DeRolph v. Ohio-school funding case, at the Rhodes Tower, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999. The court will decide whether the state has remedied its method of funding public education which was ruled unconstitutional in 1997. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

DEROLPH V. OHIO--Jeff Sutton represents the state of Ohio as he defends the school-funding remedies enacted by the General Assembly before the Supreme Court, at the Rhodes Tower, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999. Members of the court are- 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. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

JUSTICE ANDREW DOUGLAS--Supreme Court Justice Andrew Douglas gestures as he questions council during the compliance hearing on the school-funding case, at the Rhodes Tower, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999. To the right is Chief Justice Thomas Moyer. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

SAYS STATE FAILED AGAIN--Nick Pittner, attorney representing the plantiffs in the DeRolph v. Ohio case, gestures as he pleads that the state has not yet fixed the school-funding problem before the Supreme Court, at the Rhodes Tower, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

JUSTICE ALICE ROBIE RESNICK--Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick gestures as she questions council during the compliance hearing on the school-funding case, at the Rhodes Tower, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999. To the right is Justice Paul E. Pfeifer (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

INTERESTED ONLOOKER--Dale DeRolph, plantiff in the DeRolph v. Ohio school-funding case, listens to arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)