• U.S. appeals court voids Zeppelin victory in 2016 jury verdict
• Iconic rock band was sued over origins of most famous song
Led Zeppelin must go back on trial in a lawsuit that accuses the classic rock grandees of stealing the opening chords of “Stairway to Heaven” from an obscure 1968 instrumental.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco Sept. 28 overturned a 2016 jury verdict that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant’s 1971 song didn’t use anything that was unique and original in “Taurus,” a track written by late Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe, whose trust brought the lawsuit.
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