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My Chemical Romance is facing a lawsuit from the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders after the band’s backup dancers performed in look-alike uniforms. Here’s what the case claims — and what legal experts think about it.

Filed on Friday (Oct. 23) in Texas court and obtained by Billboard , the case centers on the band’s current Hollywood Bowl run for anniversary of The Black Parade , in which dancers in similar blue-and-white uniforms stage a faux firefight with rifles as part of a theatrical performance set in a dystopian future.

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The case, filed by the cheerleaders’ parent company Pro Silver Star, is seeking an immediate restraining order barring the band from continuing to use the uniforms, including in the final two shows in Los Angeles this upcoming weekend.

“Silver Star is not litigious, and it takes no issue with MCR’s music, its artistic ambitions, or any message defendants seek to convey,” writes Alex Spiro , the well-known celebrity litigator representing the cheerleaders.…