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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 27, 2016

Judge sets the stage for Led Zeppelin trial

Plaintiff attorneys are concerned band members may be a no-show in the courtroom.

By Steven Crighton
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The venue is set in the copyright infringement lawsuit over Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," but attorneys say the band might not be ready to take the stage.

A request for questions by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner at the end of a pretrial conference Monday prompted plaintiff's attorney Francis A. Malofiy to inquire about appearances by band fr...

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