# Do real courts actually resemble Judge Judy et al?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 29, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-real-courts-actually-resemble-judge-judy-et-al/337580 "2005-12-29T15:48:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-real-courts-actually-resemble-judge-judy-et-al/337580/21 "2006-01-03T15:12:17Z")

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> [@A.R. Cane](#):
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> Actually there was a case a year or so back about someone who tried to do this, so they must do some background investigation before they accept cases. Sorry, no cite, it was a blub on the news. No details, but it sounded like a scam just to collect the fees.

Yeah, I imagine they do due diligence, just because people won’t watch only because the cases are entertaining. They have to be entertaining AND seem real. 🙂

Of course, the material doesn’t have to be real to seem real, but the producers would want to at least, weed out the type of litigants who’d fake a case and then brag about it to the enquirer. 😉

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