United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's Nevada state law breach of contract and recoupment claims concerning gambling debts he owed is reversed, where: 1) plaintiff was not required to exhaust his claims before the Nevada Gaming Control Board because the markers that underlay this case were credit instruments; 2) plaintiff's claims did not trigger the Gaming Control Board's exclusive jurisdiction over a gaming debt that is not evidenced by a credit instrument; and 3) plaintiff's claims must be resolved in the same manner as any other dispute involving the enforceability of a negotiable instrument.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/23/2014
• Published 09/23/2014

Judges

• Rawlinson

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

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