Don Henley filed a lawsuit Friday for the return of his handwritten lyrical pages. The "Eagles" front man fought for the notes for decades in a criminal court.

Eagles singer Don Henley is seeking the return of his handwritten notes and song lyrics from the band’s iconic Hotel California album, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in New York.

Don Henley is suing two men who he alleges stole handwritten lyric sheets for the songs on The Eagles' "Hotel California" album in an ongoing saga for the '70s rocker to reclaim his property. The men named in the suit are Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi and rock memorabilia dealer Edward Kosinski;

Recently the subject of a criminal trial, Eagles singer's lawsuit hopes to reestablish ownership of 100s of handwritten lyrics

Federal prosecutors took the same collectors to court in February for possessing the reportedly-stolen album lyrics, but abruptly dropped the case mid-trial.

Eagles singer Don Henley has filed a lawsuit seeking the return of his handwritten song notes and lyrics from the band’s hit “Hotel California” album.

Eagles frontman Don Henley has filed a lawsuit to regain ownership over 'Hotel California' lyric sheets that were subject of previous litigation.

Don Henley, the lead singer of the Eagles, has filed a lawsuit to get back around 100 pages of his handwritten lyric sheets, including those from famous songs like Hotel California. These sheets were at the center of a legal case earlier this year,

A criminal trial went nowhere, but the Eagles singer has now filed a civil lawsuit over the handwritten lyrics and notes he alleges were stolen.

The most recent complaint was pleaded in the United States District Court of New York to assert in a manner that cannot be contested that Henley is the owner of about one hundred pages of these lyrics.