Furgiele v. Disabled American Veterans Service Foundation

CONGER, District Judge.

Motion for summary judgment by defendant.

This lawsuit has to do with a word puzzle contest run by defendant. The prizes offered to winners were substantial and contestants were required to pay a fee to enter the contest.

Plaintiff did so enter and did pay the required fees and submitted four solutions to the puzzle. Three of them are in dispute.

Plaintiff contends that in each of these three solutions he had the highest mark and that each of his solutions should have been marked with a higher number than that of the winning contestant.

Plaintiff asserts that defendant…