The $55 million lawsuit filed against NBC Universal by former federal agents who claim the film American Gangster was inaccurate and made them look like criminals was thrown out by a judge yesterday (February 14th).

Three former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents sued the studio that made American Gangster last month, accusing them of misleading the public through a quote at the end of the film that stated drug kingpin Frank Lucas’ cooperation “led to the convictions of three-quarters of New York City’s Drug Enforcement Agency.”

According to New York’s Daily News, Manhattan Federal Judge Colleen McMahon dismissed the case yesterday, and noted that the New York City Drug Enforcement Agency doesn’t even exist.

It would behoove a major corporation like Universal not to put inaccurate statements at the end of popular films,” wrote McMahon. “However, nothing in this particular untrue statement is actionable.”

A portion of the film’s $130 million box-office gross was sought by the lawsuit as damages, along with a statement from NBC who own Universal stating the DEA’s truthful role in the Frank Lucas case.

Despite the Judges decision the three former agents will continue to fight the case it was revealed by their attorney.

“We will appeal,” Dominic Amorosa, the agents’ attorney revealed to the Daily News. “The judge was mistaken.”

American Gangster features rappers RZA, T.I. and Common alongside Denzel Washington as Heroin dealer Frank Lucas. The American Gangsta DVD hits stores on February 19th.

In Related News HipHopDons.com/RapBlueprint.com also recently reported that rapper T.I. who stars in the film as Frank Lucas’ nephew, Stevie Lucas, recently spoke on his reaction to the response that the film received [click here] while discussing his progress with his upcoming album, Paper Trail.