Throughout the 11 years that the case has wended its way through the state's courts, judges have taken pains not to dictate exactly how much extra money should be spent on the city's schoolchildren.

The commission appealed that ruling, and some legal experts predicted the case would wend its way to the Supreme Court.

The case of the French children has wended its way through the federal courts in Manhattan for a year and a half.

Another condemned prisoner, whose case was wending its way through the system, has also died.

But these cases and the Janet Jackson nip/slip saga may still wend their way up to the Supreme Court for a final hearing on First Amendment questions.

That case has been wending its way through Federal courts.

They are now trying to regain custody of the girls as their case wends its way through the courts.

The case, known locally as the Claremont case, after one of the school districts on the Vermont border, has been wending its way through the courts for five years.

His case has been wending its way through the federal courts for more than a decade.

With those hopes quashed, the relatives said they were now hoping for stiff punishment as the defendants' case wends its way through the juvenile justice system of Wayne County, Pa.