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Empress Casino Joliet Corp. v. Giannoulias

Gaming Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs holding that Public Act 94-804 which imposes for a two year period a 3 per cent surchanrge on the four riverboat...

US v. Santos

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Gaming Law
A judgment vacating defendants' convictions for violating the federal money-laundering statute is affirmed. Four Justices joined in finding that the...

Tamayo v. Balgojevich

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case brought under Title VII, the Equal Pay Act and 42 U.S.C. section 1983, dismissal of the action is affirmed in part and reversed in part...

Capitol Racing v. California Horse Racing Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Gaming Law, Sports Law
In a challenge to an adjudicative decision of the California Horse Racing Board, a trial court judgment on the merits in favor of plaintiff is...

Aristocrat Techs. Australia Pty, Ltd. v. Int'l Game Tech.

Entertainment Law, Gaming Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court committed no error in its analysis of the means-plus-function limitation in this case involving an electronic slot machine patent...

Newton v. Clinical Reference Lab., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Gaming Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a clinical laboratory, a medical review officer, and the review officer's employer, alleging plaintiff lost her job due to the...

Riviera Distribs., Inc. v. Jones

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Gaming Law, Intellectual Property
In a suit alleging that a video poker machine sold by defendants infringed upon the plaintiff's copyright for video poker software, denial of...

Local Joint Exec. Bd. of Las Vegas v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Gaming Law, Labor & Employment Law
Unions' petition for review of an NLRB decision reversing an ALJ's conclusion that agents of Aladdin Gaming engaged in illegal surveillance in...

State of Wisconsin v. Ho-Chunk Nation

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Indian Law
In a suit between the State of Wisconsin and an Indian tribe over the validity of certain provisions in the parties' gaming compact in the wake of...

US v. Gachot

Criminal Law & Procedure, Gaming Law, Indian Law
Defendant's conviction for operating an illegal gambling business, stemming from his involvement in the operation of a cockfighting facility within...