New details have emerged about the lawsuit between music duo Hall & Oates, after Daryl Hall took out a temporary restraining order against John Oates.
According to the complaint obtained by People, Hall, 77, took action in a bid to stop Oates selling his share of their joint business venture, Whole Oats Enterprises LLP (WOE), which would go against their prior agreement.
Specifically, Hall wanted to prevent Oates selling to Primary Wave Music without his consent and said it would cause him “imminent irreparable harm”.
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According to the Associated Press, the sale can’t be closed until an arbitrator examines the case – after the sale was reportedly set to be imminent.
Although exact specifics of the alleged sale weren’t given, “Primary Wave has already owned ‘significant interest’ in Hall & Oates’ song catalog for more than 15 years,” with Hall saying in the past he wasn’t happy about the sale of the back catalog.
Hall also wants the dispute to remain “private,” according to his legal team.
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He reportedly filed against his former bandmate and other trustees in the John W. Oates TISA Trust. A hearing is set for November 30.
The two musicians are famous as the members of the eponymous Hall & Oates rock duo that had tremendous success in the early 1980s with hits like Private Eyes and Maneater.
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The suit by Hall against Oates as an individual and Oates’ trust was listed as a “contract/debt” dispute.
The court granted Hall’s motion for a temporary restraining order to take effect on November 30, according to records.
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The hitmakers met in the 1960s in Philadelphia, and according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, had 29 Top Forty hits from 1976 to 1990.
“Their most indelible earwigs (sic) include the ethereal chorus of I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do); the percolating beat and chiming harmonies of Kiss on My List; the weightless rhythmic flow and play of voices in Maneater; and the plangent, soul-searing refrain of She’s Gone,” Parke Puterbaugh wrote for Hall & Oates’ induction into the Hall of Fame in 2014.
-Additional reporting by CNN.