J. Albert Diaz

Alice Cooper probably never envisioned his lyrics being used to resolve a doughnut-shop franchise dispute.

But anyone who's appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman in Miami knows he loves a good musical reference. So when Canadian doughnut-and-coffee chain Tim Hortons went after a franchisee for missing a deadline to make default payments, the judge opened with a lesson from the long-haired rocker.