LedZepNews has published all of the files we obtained from the US National Archives relating to Willie Dixon’s 1985 lawsuit against Led Zeppelin below.
You can read our full history of Dixon’s legal action here.
We purchased scans of the maximum amount of pages possible, however this meant that 11 documents stored at National Archives Kansas City were not published below.
A second box of documents relating to the lawsuit was transferred by the New York courts to the National Archives but its whereabouts is unknown after having been sent back to the court system.
January 11, 1985: Willie Dixon’s complaint
February 22, 1985: Answer
March 22, 1985: Notice of Motion and Affidavit
April 17, 1985: Stipulation
April 19, 1985: Affidavit in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment
April 19, 1985: Plaintiff’s Statement Of Material Facts Pursuant to Rule 3 (g)
May 2, 1985: Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion by Defendant The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. for Summary Judgment
May 2, 1985: Reply Affidavit in Support of Motion by Defendant The Harry Fox Agency, Inc.
May 3, 1985: Stipulation of Discontinuance
May 29, 1985: Stipulation
May 30, 1985: Answer
May 31, 1985: Answer
October 7, 1985: Opinion and Order
May 22, 1986: Notice of Deposition
January 7, 1987: Offer of Judgment
January 30, 1987: Defendant The Harry Fox Agency, Inc.’s Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusion of Law
February 2, 1987: Proposed Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law of Defendants Atlantic Recording Corporation, Superhype Music, Inc. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and the Estate of John Bonham
February 2, 1987: List of Witnesses of Defendants Atlantic Recording Corporation, Superhype Music, Inc. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and the Estate of John Bonham
February 2, 1987: List of Exhibits of Defendants Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and the Estate of John Bonham and Atlantic Recording Corp. and Superhype Music, Inc.
March 3, 1987: Correspondence (filed under Civil Cover Sheet)
July 13, 1987: Correspondence
August 12, 1987: Transcript
August 13, 1987: Plaintiff’s Memorandum in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
September 9, 1987: Reply Memorandum of Law of The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. in Support of its Motion to Dismiss
September 28, 1987: Dismissal
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