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===1980s and 1990s===
In October 1985, the [[Supreme Court of California]] rejected Rosenthal's appeal of the multimillion-dollar judgment awarded to Day in her suit against him for [[legal malpractice]] and upheld the conclusions of a trial court and an appeals court<ref>
''Day v. Rosenthal'', 170 Cal.App.3d 1132 (1985)</ref> that Rosenthal had acted improperly.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-17-mn-14780-story.html|title=High Court Rejects Judgment Appeal : Doris Day Wins 17-Year Battle With Ex-Attorney|last=Morain|first=Dan|date=October 17, 1985|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 14, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> In April 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the lower court's judgment. In June 1987, Rosenthal filed a $30 million lawsuit against lawyers
[[Terry Melcher]] stated that his father's premature death saved Day from financial ruin. It was not known whether Martin Melcher had himself been duped by Rosenthal,<ref name="Champlin1988">{{cite news|last=Champlin|first=Charles|title=Doris Day: Singing and Looking for Pet Projects|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-13/entertainment/ca-1534_1_doris-day/2|access-date=August 9, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 13, 1988}}</ref> and Day stated publicly that she believed him to be innocent of any deliberate wrongdoing, stating that he "simply trusted the wrong person."<ref>{{Citation|title=Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey|type=Television Documentary|publisher=Arwin Productions, PBS|year=1991}}</ref> Author David Kaufman asserts that Day's former costar [[Louis Jourdan]], maintained that Day disliked her husband,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=David|title=Doris Day's Vanishing Act|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/dorisday200805|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=January 17, 2014|date=May 2008|ref=none|quote=Both Doris and I hated the director [Andrew L. Stone]. I also disliked her husband, and I was surprised to discover she did, too.}}</ref> but Day's public statements regarding Melcher appear to contradict that assertion.{{Sfn|Hotchner|1975|p=226}}
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