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    • Nov 30, 1971
    A Nashville court dismisses a $5-million suit filed by The Wilburn Brothers' Wil-Helm Agency against Loretta Lynn, ruling both parties had agreed to end the relationship
    Sep 12, 1973
    Faron Young is sued for $20,000 in Nashville by the parents of a six-year-old girl a year after the singer spanked the tike on stage
    Oct 23, 1973
    "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" songwriter John Lennon sues the U.S. government, asserting that his phone has been tapped illegally
    Dec 13, 1973
    The Associated Press reports Lester Flatt has filed suit against Esquire magazine, seeking $500,000 for what he claims is career damage created when the publication portrayed him as "the late" Lester Flatt
    Dec 22, 1973
    Stephen Stills, a founding member of the country-rock band Buffalo Springfield, loses a paternity suit filed by Harriet B. Tunis
    Jan 7, 1974
    Bass player Hawk Hawkins and steel guitarist Charlie Owens quit Jerry Lee Lewis' band and file an $8,000 suit against him for payment of back wages
    Apr 23, 1974
    A Memphis judge awards $1,000 to plaintiff Ann McMahon, who had charged Jerry Lee Lewis slapped her and humiliated her over the sound system during a performance in July 1971
    Mar 15, 1975
    Mick Jagger settles a paternity suit with ex-girlfriend Marsha Hunt. The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" stands among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 21, 1975
    Ray Stevens files suit against neighbor Webb Pierce to prohibit Pierce from building a parking ramp for tour buses in his driveway. Says Pierce: "That's the price you have to pay for living across from a star"
    Sep 23, 1975
    Songwriter Ron Peterson files suit in Nashville against Conway Twitty, charging that he--not Twitty--wrote the hit "Touch The Hand"



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