The plan is supported by Stanley Chesley, a Cincinnati lawyer named as one of three representatives of the current claimants.

They were named for William S. Groesbeck, a Cincinnati lawyer and politician.

"He wants to be the general," said Timothy Smith, a Cincinnati lawyer, who has known Mr. Leis for many years.

Louis Sirkin, a Cincinnati lawyer representing the pornography distributor, said he believed the judge's opinion would be upheld.

"I'm very pleased," said Stanley M. Chesley, a Cincinnati lawyer representing the farmers.

The Circle K Corporation has appointed as its new chairman a Cincinnati lawyer who is a partner with the law firm representing the company's largest shareholder.

Her brother Thomas (1829-1906) was a prominent Cincinnati lawyer.

Ms. Shainwald and Stanley Chesley, a Cincinnati lawyer on the committee, said the committee would appeal.

To which Chris Finney, a Cincinnati lawyer in the other camp, replied, "Hogwash."

"It's reaching epidemic proportions," said H. Louis Sirkin, a Cincinnati lawyer who is an expert in obscenity law.