Franklin App. No. 95APD12-1643. This cause is pending before the court as an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County. On March 3,1997, appellants filed a reply brief that was due February 10, 1997. Rule XIV, Section 1(C) of the Rules of Practice of the Supreme Court prohibits the filing of a brief that is not timely tendered for filing. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED by the court, sua sponte, that the reply brief be, and hereby is, stricken.