Overview: Defendant, Graceland, moves to exclude the testimony of plaintiff's physician on the basis of violation of Rules 16 & 26 of the F.R.C.P. primarily concerning discovery and duty of disclosure.

Overview: RCA Records brought interpleader action to determine who was the rightful owner of certain royalties due under its agreement with Elvis Presley. The case deals with a great variety of Federal Civil Procedure Rules and Interpleader issues including Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Personal Jurisdiction, Venue and Transfer - a great Civ Pro primer!

The Estate and Lisa Marie's Guardian Ad Litem also raise an interesting question as to the Colonel's Dutch citizenship - no love lost between the Colonel and the Estate!

Overview: In this criminal case that reached the United States Supreme Court, the Defendant, Dowling, was convicted in the U.S. District Court for mail fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property, and conspiracy to transport stolen property interstate as a result of the sale and distribution of large quantities of bootleg recordings of Elvis Presley. The Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed, and the U.S. Supreme Court then heard the case on petition for writ of certiorari. One issue faced the Supreme Court, whether the interstate transportation of bootleg recordings, in infringement of copyright, violated the National Stolen Property Act (18 U.S.C. 2314). A majority of the Court held (with opinion by Justice Blackmun, dissent by Powell, joined by Burger and White) that infringement of copyright did not amount to "theft, conversion, or fraud."

Note: In this case, a brief was filed on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., as amicus curiae urging affirmance of the conviction.

Overview: Plaintiff, Deborah Delaine Presley, claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Elvis, seeks her share of the Estate. The Court, after testimony from Priscilla et al., interprets the terms of his will as providing only for children born in wedlock.