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    • Apr 16, 1996
    "Summertime Blues" songwriter Jerry Capehart sues three publishers, including Warner/Chappell, for $1.35 million for breach of contract and unpaid royalties
    Apr 29, 1996
    A Tennessee judge orders Doug Stone's ex-wife, Carie Cohen, to give him $18,000 worth of tools, awarded him in their earlier divorce
    May 12, 1996
    A former mental patient is arrested for aggravated criminal trespassing when he appears in Barbara Mandrell's driveway in Whites Creek, Tennessee. He has reportedly stalked Mandrell for 15 years, and was previously arrested in 1987
    Aug 9, 1996
    Tammy Wynette files suit against The Star and The National Enquirer, charging invasion of privacy after the publications obtained her medical records. The Enquirer reported she was near death and in need of a liver transplant
    Sep 24, 1996
    Collin Raye's bus is stopped on a Pennsylvania interstate, going 10 mph over the speed limit. The policeman does not issue a ticket, but does ask for autographed photos for his kids. Raye is not on the bus, but obliges later
    Oct 4, 1996
    Conway Twitty's widow, Dee Jenkins, and his children file separate papers in a Nashville court, with both sides claiming full rights to his songs, plus the Twitty Bird logo--all valued at $3.8 million. The children eventually secure the rights
    Nov 25, 1996
    Andria Surles, a farmhand for Wynonna Judd, files an $800,000 suit against the entertainer and her husband, Arch Kelley III, in Franklin, Tennessee, charging the couple with sexual harassment and discrimination
    Dec 11, 1996
    Billy Ray Cyrus appears at the Williamson County Courthouse in Franklin, Tennessee, for jury duty. He's gawked at by other prospective jurors but is not selected to serve
    Dec 30, 1996
    A Houston judge rules the Velvet Elvis nightclub does not violate trademark rights owned by Elvis Presley's estate. The judge says the "Velvet Elvis" phrase refers to an era, rather than The King
    Feb 11, 1997
    Hoyt Axton is arrested in Hamilton, Montana, when police find more than a pound of marijuana in his home



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