Joseph C. Rusconi, a deputy attorney general of California arguing the state's appeal, said the lower courts should have found that the wreck had been abandoned.

The 34-year-old lawyer argued his appeal before the United States Supreme Court this week.

The lawyer, Ms. Ibanez, argued her own appeal before the Court in April.

If I argue your appeal, I'd be condon-ing your presence at this hearing.

Michael M. Berger, a property rights lawyer from Santa Monica, Calif., argued the landowners' appeal today.

"We are gratified that the court of appeals has applied the law in this case," said Tom Bezanson, a company lawyer who argued its appeal.

Arguing the workers' appeal, John G. Crabtree said that "disparate impact exists to detect subconscious stereotypes operating in the workplace."

Instead, he must argue his appeal in writing.

The report was then leaked to the N.A.A.C.P., which used it to argue its appeal.

To Michael W. McConnell, arguing the students' appeal, the case was about discrimination against religion.