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    • Jan 14, 1986
    A Dallas court rules Jimmy Dean owes his brother and former business partner, Don Dean, $500,000 for violating a 1980 agreement not to talk about Don in public. The verdict is later reversed on appeal
    Feb 18, 1986
    The Everly Brothers' mother, Margaret, sues Don Everly when he fails to sign the title of the house that she lives in over to her
    Aug 5, 1986
    Songwriter Harlan Howard files suit against Merle Haggard, claiming Hag borrowed parts of his 1960 song, "Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today," in writing "Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room Tonight"
    Aug 27, 1986
    The Internal Revenue Service files liens against Johnny Paycheck in an effort to collect more than $550,000 it says Paycheck owes in back taxes, interest and penalties from 1980-82
    Aug 30, 1986
    Steve Earle is sued by his former manager, John Lomax, for $40,160, covering unpaid commissions, expenses and interest. They settle out of court for $20,000
    Apr 14, 1987
    Mickey Gilley, saying he hasn't spoken to business partner Sherwood Cryer in over a year, files suit to have his name removed from Gilley's nightclub
    May 11, 1987
    The Oak Ridge Boys announce the addition of Steve Sanders the same day that former Oak William Lee Golden files a $40-million lawsuit against the group
    Jul 13, 1987
    A New Orleans judge reverses a 1986 ruling that required Jimmy Dean to pay his brother $500,000 for disparaging him publicly. The two have feuded since Don Dean was ousted from Jimmy Dean Foods 10 years prior
    Jul 12, 1988
    A judge awards Mickey Gilley $17 million after Gilley sued ex-manager Sherwood Cryer to have his name removed from Gilley's in Pasadena, Texas. Gilley maintains Cryer had allowed the club, associated with the movie "Urban Cowboy," to go to seed
    Aug 4, 1988
    Brenda Lee files a $20-million lawsuit against MCA Records, accusing the label of underpaying royalties. Both parties settle out of court for an undisclosed sum



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