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    • Sep 17, 1997
    Sammy Kershaw walks out before a show at Super Toad in Des Moines, Iowa, when he is not paid prior to the performance. The club owner tells the local paper Kershaw flashed a gun at him during the dispute. Kershaw sues him for slander in October
    Sep 17, 1997
    Johnny Cash testifies on copyright issues in the digital age to a Senate subcommittee in Washington, D.C., noting that "Ring Of Fire" could be downloaded for free from a website in Eastern Europe. That is, he says, "downright theft"
    Oct 3, 1997
    Garth Brooks files suit against rapper Warren G. in Nashville to protect his use of the lower-case "g" as a symbol
    Oct 14, 1997
    Sammy Kershaw files a $2-million slander suit against Des Moines nightclub Super Toad over a dispute in September. Kershaw declined to perform when he was not paid prior to the show, and the manager told the local paper the singer pulled a gun
    Oct 17, 1997
    Rapper Warren G files suit against Garth Brooks, saying he infringed upon a trademark logo, an encircled lower-case "g"
    Nov 21, 1997
    Tanya Tucker sues actor Ben Reed, the father of her two children, in Franklin, Tennessee, accusing him of keeping them in custody five days longer than agreed to, while trying to change his parental status and get extra money from Tucker
    Dec 1, 1997
    A Nashville judge triples the damages the William Morris Agency and the estate of agent Joe Harris owe to Buddy Lee Attractions for tampering with the booking contracts for Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, bringing the award to $1.4 million. Harris' estate, however, is insolvent
    Dec 5, 1997
    Ray Charles' manager, Carl Hunter, is arrested for suspicion of marijuana possession in Nagoya, Japan. Charles brought country to mass culture with his 1962 album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
    Dec 12, 1997
    Eddie Rabbitt's ex-manager, Stan Moress, files suit against the singer in Nashville, seeking $98,000 in commissions and expenses
    Jan 13, 1998
    Jurors are chosen in Los Angeles for a copyright suit in which songwriter Guy Thomas claims Garth Brooks stole from the Kenny Loggins song "Conviction Of The Heart" in writing "Standing Outside The Fire." The two sides settle out of court



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