Demand for tickets to the prestigious White House Correspondents Association dinner is so great, you would expect someone would file a lawsuit over it eventually.

That has apparently happened. World Net Daily. the largely conservative news Web site, has filed suit against the White House Correspondents Association, claiming they were wrongly denied access to enough tickets, despite having a White House correspondent on staff and paying up front for three tables worth of tickets.

“This year, WND was among the first to order three tables for the event, as its White House correspondent, Les Kinsolving, is being feted by the staff and honored guests,” a WND release stated. “However, based on apparent pressure put on the Association by the Obama White House, the Association gave WND only three seats, an insult to the publication.”

Seems like a flimsy claim and quite unlikely the WHCA would bow to Obama pressure, or that Obama's people would be that involved in chosing a guest list. But perhaps a great way for World Net Daily to get some attention.

The dinner is set for May 1 at the Washington Hilton.

WHCA President Ed Chen of Bloomberg could not immediately be reached for comment. But George Lehner, an attorney for the WHCA, said “the claim is based on a lot of false facts.”

The entire World Net Daily release on the lawsuit is below:

WORLD NET DAILY SUES WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION
Venerable Internet Publication “Shut Out” of Annual Dinner At Likely Request of Obama White House

(Washington, D.C., April 13, 2010). WorldNetDaily.com, one of the most widely read and oldest internet publications has brought suit against the White House Correspondents' Association, for virtually shutting WND out of the upcoming dinner on May 1, 2010.

This dinner by the Association is the premier event in Washington, D.C., and it is where the media salutes the President of the United States annually. It is the equivalent of the “Academy Awards” for the media and political establishment.

This year, WND was among the first to order three tables for the event, as its White House correspondent, Les Kinsolving, is being feted by the staff and honored guests. However, based on apparent pressure put on the Association by the Obama White House, the Association gave WND only three seats, an insult to the publication.

Like Fox News, which was retaliated against earlier this year by the Obama White House, WND has been highly critical of the Obama White House.

To be effectively excluded from this event not only harms WND's reputation, but damages its relations with the distinguished guests which it had already invited.

Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, filed the suit for WND, under his law firm, and the complaint asks for over $10,000,000 in damages, plus a court order requiring the Association to allow WND to attend the event.