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indsay Lohan attends the launch of her legging collection '6126' at Henri Bendel in 2008.
Lindsay Lohan was back in court again Thursday - but this time she was doing the dressing down.
The "Mean Girls" star filed a $ 1.1 million lawsuit in federal court accusing her clothing label partners of fraud, trademark infringement and breach of contract.
Lohan claims the southern California-based apparel company that licensed her 6126 Collection as part of a five-year celebrity clothing deal has defaulted on $ 900,000 in guaranteed minimum royalties plus 10% of net sales.
"They owe us a million dollars. We're suing to force them to pay," Lohan's civil lawyer Perry C. Wander told the Daily News.
"The agreement did not have a morals clause, and Lindsay Lohan had no responsibility to promote the line, so there's no defense for their actions," he said. "They're trying to insert those as a defense, but they weren't part of this deal."
Lohan struck the deal back in 2008, shortly before a conga line of Los Angeles County criminal judges slapped her with jail time for offenses related to her DUIs and a shoplifting conviction.
The 26-year-old starlet spent two weeks behind bars in mid 2010 before making a couple trips to rehab and later serving a month of house arrest in 2011.
She's now fighting misdemeanor charges of reckless driving, obstruction and lying to police that stem from a car crash on a Santa Monica highway last June.
The actress got a chilly reception from a judge Wednesday after she almost missed a mandatory pre-trial hearing because of an alleged upper respiratory "condition" that her lawyer referred to as the flu.
Lohan's new criminal lawyer Mark Heller submitted a doctor's note ahead of the hearing saying Lohan was too sick to fly from New York to Los Angeles. Paparazzi photos, meanwhile, showed the "Liz & Dick" star shopping and smoking cigarettes around the time she supposedly was diagnosed.
Judge Stephanie Sautner made it clear she didn't buy the flu excuse after Lohan took a last-minute flight and sheepishly appeared as ordered.
The former child star did not speak to reporters outside the courtroom, but Heller said she deserved "mercy" and another chance, not more jail.
Wander said her future plans include more work in the fashion industry.
"Lindsay is very passionate about her fashion design, and she's looking forward to re-launching the line with another partner," he said. "She wants to enter into negotiations to license a clothing line and accessories."
Lohan registered her 6126 trademark as an ode to her heroine Marilyn Monroe. It represents Monroe's birthday of June 1, 1926.
The "Freaky Friday" actress launched her original 6126 line of leggings and cashmere leg warmers with design partner Kristi Kaylor at high end stores such as Fred Segal.
It's no longer available at premium stores but continues to sell in overseas markets like China and Japan, Wander claimed.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles named D.N.A.M. Apparel Industries as the lead defendant.
Attempts to reach the company were not immediately successful.
ndillon@nydailynews.com
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