Charles Dicken's classic novel Bleak House featured a court case that went on and on into the generations, a court case that was notable more for its inefficiency and injustice than anything else. But even the grand imagination of Mr. Dickens would falter if faced with the insidious insanity of the all-too-real court case, Scheidler v. National Organization for Women.
Dr. Tim Sullivan of Chicago sent along this link to a SCOTUSblog update you would do well to read.