Ron Howard is confident that the courts will rule in favor of his "Happy Days" co-stars, who are suing CBS over unpaid merchandise royalties.

Howard, who has no stake in the lawsuit, told TMZ.comthat he believes his former co-stars will "get what they deserve."

Members of the cast sued earlier this year, alleging that they were not getting a cut of the money made in sales of DVDs, lunch boxes, games and other memorabilia from the show.

The plaintiffs named in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court include Anson Williams, Marion Ross, Don Most, Erin Moran and Patricia Bosley, wife of the late Tom Bosley, who died last year.

The suit alleges that CBS cheated the plaintiffs out of more than $10 million in revenue from the sale of products featuring their images, including gambling machines, T-shirts, board games, greeting cards and drinking glasses.

The actors claimed their