[4] In the early 1940s, Berlin privately accused Bornstein of putting fake contracts through the company.

[8] The daughter of Saul and Bonnie, Beebe Bourne was the modern day publisher until her death, 1 Nov 2005.

[1] Bonnie and Beebe Bourne were the only two women in history to receive the Abe Olman Publisher Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

[9] The company's copyrights consist of classics, Charlie Chaplin songs, and the soundtracks to early Disney motion pictures such as Snow White, Pinocchio, and Dumbo.

The University of California Los Angeles School of Law noted that "This case involves an obscure area of copyright law" regarding derivative works derived from the original song and Woods' right to terminate the license under Section 304 of the Copyright Act.