World Wrestling Entertainment has body-slammed a lawsuit brought by popular '80s wrestler "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers.
The lawsuit contended that Somers' privacy and publicity rights were being violated by the WWE in various products and on the WWE's website. Somers said he hadn't authorized the use of his name and likeness in commercial merchandise.
But on Thursday, a Georgia federal judge said that the information about his wrestling exploits was protected by the First Amendment.
The court compared his situation to a baseball player whose playing statistics is given, ruling that the WWE's use of "Pretty Boy" was "historical and fact based" and that the WWE's website listing his achievements falls within the newsworthiness exception to his causes of action.
Here's the full ruling... http://www.scribd.com/doc/129750366/Pretty-Boy
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