Bernie Worrell Estate’s Parliament-Funkadelic Lawsuit Dismissed

A federal judge in Detroit has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the estate of late keyboardist Bernie Worrell, which claimed co-ownership of 264 Parliament-Funkadelic songs, including hits like Flash Light and One Nation Under a Groove. Judge F. Kay Behm ruled the case fell outside the three-year statute of limitations for copyright claims, noting that Worrell’s co-authorship claims dated back to the late 1980s. Clinton’s attorney Jim Allen celebrated the decision, saying, “The Lord said, let there be funk — and no pretenders can shut it down or take it away.”