I am still blown away by this! The more I read the more it seems like Henley knew from the beginning he was lying his arse off! I'll be shocked if he isn't sued.

Case should never have been brought. Prosecutorial overreach.

I have been reading up on this. Don Henley comes out looking awful.

The eagles gave them to a writer who was supposed to write a book about them but never did. That author sold the notes to a rare book dealer in 2005. That book dealer then sold them to two other people.

IMO the fact that the eagles are going after the book dealer and not the author who is the only wrong actor if one exists is a pretty big point against them

That someone was selling the manuscript notes to the song, but Henley claimed they were stolen and he never gave permission.

What was the lawsuit alleging?

Anyone following the lawsuit over the notes to "Hotel California"? Case was dismissed. Another reason to dislike the Eagles, in spite of the wonderful songs they sang? Maybe that final line of the song is more true than Henley realized.