Several hours later, an agreement that the justices reached on which judges would handle the contentious cases had collapsed.

But they acknowledged that the agreement could still collapse over details.

But the expected agreement with the Oakdale inmates collapsed at the last minute.

The agreement remains a fragile one and could easily collapse.

But the deal fell through last week on the same day that an agreement to borrow $100 million from the Bank of America also collapsed.

By 1997, the agreement had collapsed and been declared illegal.

The agreement collapsed and the officers returned to the bridge.

That agreement collapsed, however, because the number of claims was greater than expected.

Without such funds, the agreement could collapse, he said.

But the agreement collapsed when the companies could not agree on specific terms.