Aha, as I suspected.  Here is a reasonable presentation of that court case. metnews  It presents the situation far differently than is stated in the article and far differently than Armstrong implies.  The case itself happened 25 years ago.  2006 - 25 = 1981.  The various appeals and countersuits have gone on for years.  The most recent one is that the original attorney is attempting to get more than the $100,000 he recived, whew, what can you expect from attorneys?