Chi-Lites win settlement for royalties

Chi-Lites win settlement for royalties

by Earl Calloway

A $5.2 million judgment vs. the San Juan Music Group Ltd. was won recently by the Chi-Lites and other entertainers in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, following a long mitigation.

The Chi-Lites, sole owner Marshall Thompson, the Eldorados, represented by James Maddox and Pirkle Lee Moses, Betty Everett, Jay Hawkins, Louis Jordan, represented by Martha Jordan, his sole heir and executor of his estate, Huddie Leadbetter, professionally known as Leadbelly, represented by Queen Robinson, his sole heir and executor of his estate, the Spaniels, represented by Pookie Hudson their …