Overview

• U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson issued the Sept. 19 ruling, dismissing the case without prejudice.
• The court said the four-year statute of limitations had lapsed and the complaint lacked specific facts to sustain racketeering claims.
• The judgment orders plaintiff Deon Best to take nothing, with defendants entitled to recover costs.
• Best alleged Janice Smalls Combs seized publishing and royalties for the 1998 Godzilla soundtrack track "Come with Me," which he claimed to have created.
• An earlier version named Sean "Diddy" Combs but was pared back for lack of specificity, and the decision lands ahead of his Oct. 3 sentencing on Mann Act convictions.