The court case at the center of this story was based upon the sensational real life case between Lee Marvin and his live-in girlfriend Michelle Triola. This episode was produced soon after her heavily publicized lawsuit against Marvin concluded in April 1979, with a judgment in her favor (which an appeals court would subsequently throw out).
The title card appears approximately 14 minutes after the start of the episode.
The character of Eddie lists a number of attractive Hollywood actresses who (in his estimation) Whitney (Marcia Strassman) compares with. The last actress mentioned is Lauren Bacall, who was a Rockford Files guest star just one episode prior.
Kristoffer Tabori (Tim Richie) previously appeared with James Garner eight years earlier in the Nichols (1971) episode "The One Eyed Mule's Time Has Come".