Detailing a decade-long battle over the "Duke" brand, the estate of actor John Wayne has asked a California district court to declare that Duke University and The Duke's estate both can use the word ...

In his final role, acting legend John Wayne played a gunslinger who was dying of cancer. The film was called The Shootist, ...

John Wayne's heirs are locked in a legal battle with Duke University over the family's right to market bottles of bourbon branded with the late movie star's nickname, Duke. John Wayne Enterprises ...

John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in 1907, but to millions of film fans he was always “The Duke”. However, lawyers for Duke University were obviously not among the late actor’s confidantes.

John Wayne's nickname, "the Duke," is causing strife between Wayne's heirs and Duke University. John Wayne Enterprises has slapped the Durham, N.C. school with a lawsuit over the use of Wayne's ...

Set to co-star together in the 1970s, John Wayne refused to work with Clint Eastwood due to one major problem.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- John Wayne's heirs are taking Duke University to court to assert the family's right to market bottles of bourbon branded with the late movie star's nickname, Duke. A federal ...

"Duke University seems to think it owns the word 'Duke' for all purposes and applications," says the family of an actor nicknamed you-know-what. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large John Wayne ...

John Wayne’s family is fighting Duke University in federal court over the use of “Duke” to sell whiskey. The North Carolina school filed several objections when the actor’s descendants filed for ...

John Wayne’s heirs and a certain North Carolina university known for its basketball success are locked in a legal shootout over their right to the word Duke. John Wayne Enterprises, a Newport ...

SANTA ANA, Calif.-- Heirs of the late movie legend John Wayne have filed a lawsuit against Duke University over use of the "Duke" nickname , which the family wants to register for use in marketing ...