The plaintiffs wanted the place repaired, but that would have required spending $65 million, money Washington wasn't about to pay.

The plaintiffs want a system in which each Council member represents a single geographic district.

Of course, this assumes the plaintiffs in the case want to go to trial against anyone.

A compromise ruling would fall short of what the plaintiffs want.

It would reach 600,000 if eligibility went back to the start of the program in 1974, as the plaintiffs want.

The plaintiffs want all these plans examined for their environmental effects.

If plaintiffs wanted such evidence, banks argued, they should pay the costs themselves.

He said the plaintiffs wanted to stop any test of genetic engineering.

The plaintiffs never wanted the field torn up, but sought to limit its use to family members and four friends at a time.

"The plaintiffs want certification more than anything else," she said, "because that's where the money is."