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Jun 19, 1957
David Ragsdale is accidentally shot in the back at a San Mateo, California, bar. A year later, Ragsdale files a $500,000 suit against Ray Price, reasoning that if Price hadn't been singing, he wouldn't have been at the club
Aug 15, 1957
A Nashville judge refuses to issue an injunction that would keep Brenda Lee from singing outside of "The Ozark Jubilee." It effectively marks the 12-year-old's transfer from Springfield, Missouri, to Nashville
Nov 13, 1958
Hank Snow's Cadillac is impounded in Gallipolis, Ohio, pending the settlement of a $2,250 lawsuit filed by the owner of the Downtown Coaches' Club. Snow had shown up an hour late for a November 4 concert when the car broke down, and the club reimbursed ticket-holders in his absence
Oct 4, 1961
Syndicated journalist Dorothy Kilgallen reports Hank Snow has sued Colonel Tom Parker, insisting he was the person who discovered Elvis Presley. Both sides hope to settle the dispute out of court
Aug 9, 1963
Sandra Jean Betts files a paternity suit in Los Angeles against Ray Charles, seeking $1,100 monthly in child support. Charles' album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" had given the R&B singer a link to the country genre
Feb 4, 1966
The Tennessean reports Johnny Cash will file a $25-million defamation of character lawsuit against the Ku Klux Klan, which has circulated messages demanding boycotts of his concerts, falsely believing he married an African-American woman
Sep 13, 1968
Jeannie C. Riley wins a $390,000 breach of contract lawsuit filed against her and Plantation Records owner Shelby Singleton in Nashville by Little Darlin' Records founder Aubrey Mayhew, who claimed she was signed to his label
Sep 27, 1968
Songwriter Don Chapel, who's already filed for D-I-V-O-R-C-E from Tammy Wynette, files an alienation suit against George Jones, claiming the Possum lured his wife away with numerous gifts, including a new Lincoln Continental
Aug 14, 1970
North Hollywood waitress Patricia Ann Parker files a paternity suit against Elvis Presley. A blood test in November 1971 proves The King is not the father
Oct 1, 1971
Jerry Lee Lewis is sued in Memphis by Ann McMahon, a fan who claims he assaulted her verbally and physically during a show at the El Capitan South Supper Club. The Killer denies the allegations
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