It must have made for a great spectacle, particularly since experts included cultural anthropologists. The judges did start to loose their patients at some point, one having been quoted as saying “Can we get past the idea that somehow this is the Bolshoi?” referencing the famous Russian ballet company.
The attorneys who were razzle-dazzling the highest court in the state included Robert M. Goldfarb for the State Department of Taxation and Finance, and W. Andrew McCullough on behalf of the club.
Source: The New York Times.