JAZZ

Monica Getz Loses Case: The former wife of jazz saxophonist Stan Getz lost a U.S. Supreme Court appeal alleging New York’s divorce law violates the rights of women. The justices on Monday rejected arguments by Monica Getz that the state law favors men by permitting them to wage “legal wars of attrition” against their wives, who often lack equal financial resources. Stan Getz, 63, sued for divorce in 1981, after his 56-year-old wife went to court alleging her husband--suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction--abused her. A state judge ruled that Monica Getz is entitled to half her husband’s royalties from the beginning of their marriage in 1956 to 1981.