Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Nicholas A. Pittner, John F. Birath, Jr., Sue Wyskiver Yount, Quintin F. Lindsmith and Susan B. Greenberger, for appellees.
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Mary Lynn Readey, Roger F. Carroll and James G. Tassie, Assistant Attorneys General; Jones, Day, Reavis & Rogue and Jeffrey S. Sutton; Dinsmore & Shohl, L.L.P., and Joel S. Taylor, for appellants.
Joseph P. Sulzer, urging affirmance for amici curiae members of the Ohio House of Representatives John R. Bender, Jack Ford, Barbara C. Pringle, Daniel Metelsky, Charles A. Wilson, Jr., Troy Lee James, Barbara Boyd, William L. Ogg, Tom Roberts, David Hartley, Jerry Krupinski, Sylvester Patton, Jr., Sean D. Logan, Joe Sulzer, William Healy, June H. Ferderber, Peter Lawson Jones, Dale Miller, Betty Sutton, Vernon Sykes, Samuel Britton, Dixie J. Allen, Darrell Opfer, Erin Sullivan, John E. Barnes, Jr., Bryan Flannery, L. George Distel, Jeanine Perry, Chris Verich, Catherine L. Barrett, Robert Gooding, Joyce Beatty, Ray Miller, and Shirley A. Smith; and Ohio Senators Ben Espy, Leigh Herrington, Daniel Brady, Robert F. Hagan, Michael C. Shoemaker, Mark Mallory, and C.J. Prentiss.
Walter & Haverfield, James E. Betts and Frederick W. Whatley, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Alliance for Adequate School Funding.
Raymond Vasvari and Gino J. Scarselli, urging affirmance for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.
Means, Bichimer, Burkholder & Baker Co., L.P.A., Kimball H. Carey and Katherine A. Francis, urging affirmance for amici curiae Buckeye Association of School Administrators, Ohio School Boards Association, and Ohio Association of School Business Officials.
Patrick F. Timmins, Jr., urging affirmance for amicus curiae Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools.
Louis B. Geneva Co., L.P.A., and M. Jayne H. Geneva, urging affirmance for amici curiae Coalition for School Funding Reform, Cleveland Heights—University Heights City School District, East Cleveland City School District, Grand Valley Local School District, Lakewood City School District, Shaker Heights City School District, Waverly City School District, and Coalition for Greater Cleveland's Children.
Courtney Williams, urging affirmance for amicus curiae League of Women Voters of Ohio.
Bernard Cohen, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Child Caring Agencies.
John T. Ryerson, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Gifted Children.
Buckley King & Bluso, Robert J. Walter and Thomas C. Drabick, Jr., urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE)/AFSCME Local 4, AFL-CIO.
Christopher Lopez; Kalniz, Iorio & Feldstein Co., L.P.A., Ted Iorio, Christine A. Reardon and Donato Iorio, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Education Association.
Schnorf & Schnorf Co., L.P.A., David M. Schnorf and Johna M. Bella, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Federation of Teachers.
Ohio Legal Rights Service and Susan G. Tobin, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Legal Rights Service.
Ennis, Roberts & Fischer and C. Bronston McCord III, urging affirmance for amicus curiae West Clermont Local School District Board of Education.
John M. Haseley, urging affirmance for amicus curiae United States Congressman Ted Strickland.
Chester, Willcox & Saxbe and John J. Chester, urging reversal for amicus curiae Governor Bob Taft.
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L.L.P., and N. Victor Goodman, urging reversal for amici curiae Richard H. Finan, President of the Ohio Senate, and Jo Ann Davidson, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives.
