The case wound down over the next three or four pages.

And many cases are ultimately dismissed, after children spend days or weeks in foster care while their parents' cases wind through the courts.

The case wound its way through the state court system.

Those cases are slowly winding their way through the state's administrative process, and a ruling is expected in January, according to attorneys for both sides.

The prosecution's case was winding to a close.

Even as the criminal case wound down, mysteries remained.

This is where we thought we should be all the long years that the case has been winding through the courts.

The case has been winding its way through the courts.

But it took more than two years before the case wound its way through various bureaucracies and formal charges were made.

Mr. Jett's case is still winding its way through the legal system.