Back to the Future' lawsuit: Missing DeLorean royalties?

The DeLorean gained fame as a time-travel machine in the "Back to the Future" movies.

Nope, it's back to the courts for a disagreement about the DeLorean auto that went through time in the Back To the Future films.

The dowager of John DeLorean, who built up the famous games auto in 1973, needs a government judge in New Jersey to choose who ought to be paid under a decades-old assention that enabled Universal Pictures to utilize the vehicle in the hit motion pictures.

Sally DeLorean battles Universal owes her late spouse's bequest a "considerable" sum "for a long time of unpaid royalties."Her lawsuit asserts installments have gone rather to a Houston-region firm, DeLorean Motor Co. (Texas), with no association with her better half or his wander.

The film rights battle is a spin-off, of sorts.

John DeLorean, appeared here in 1982, was the engineer of a stainless-steel sports auto with unmistakable gull-winged entryways.