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'Storage Wars' lawsuit: Show wins first round against Dave Hester staged case
http://www.examiner.com ^ | march 13, 2013 | Ryan Arciero

Posted on 03/13/2013 11:00:46 PM PDT by lowbridge

The “Storage Wars” lawsuit heatedly continues this week, as Yahoo! TV News reported this Tuesday, March 12, that “Storage Wars” and the A&E Network has won the first round in a legal battle against Dave Hester, who argued in his lawsuit that the popular reality show is actually staged.

In yesterday’s ruling, Judge Michael Johnson took sides with A&E’s “Storage Wars” on several key points, first dismissing Dave Hester’s argument that the Unfair Business Practices was violated by the network.

Johnson similarly agreed with the show in the “Storage Wars” lawsuit for the ruling that any injunction against the TV series would in turn violate the First Amendment rights of A&E.

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To: Road Glide

“There were allegations that HH is “staged” as well. At least one participant claimed that they had to have a contract to buy before the show would do the episode, and that two of the “prospective homes” were never really in the picture...”

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OK. I knew it was phoney, just not how it worked. Thanks.


41 posted on 03/14/2013 10:18:21 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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