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Which practice? The article mentions theaters banning attendees who had panned their shows (or said nasty things about the owners’ families); there is no preced
by woodruffw 4y ago
Which practice? The article mentions theaters banning attendees who had panned their shows (or said nasty things about the owners’ families); there is no precedent for the practice of banning attorneys from shows just because they happen to work for a firm that has litigation pending against the venue.
- mitt_romney_12 4y agoThe article mentions one of the lawyers for Madison Square Garden saying they where banned from several Italian restaurants due to their involvement in mafia prosecutions. However, I'm not sure how sympathetic the court is to citing Mafia practices as precedent.
- woodruffw 4y agoThanks, I missed that. But yeah, I don’t suspect “the Mafia did it, so we can too” will fly in court.
- humanistbot 4y agoAnd if you can't go to one Italian restaurant, there are many many other alternatives in the area. If you want to see someone who is big enough to tour at MSG, you don't really have another option besides traveling to another city where they are performing.
- michaelt 4y agoPresumably the precedent they're claiming is "venues can decline entry to any customer for any reason, so long as there's small print somewhere saying so" In my country, the jargon for this is 'right of admission reserved'