Legal Opinion
United States v. Salvatore
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1997No. 96-30221PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:
Anthony Tusa, Victor Tusa, and Sebastian Salvatore appeal their convictions arising from their participation in a scheme to operate certain organized crime-controlled companies that circumvented the licensing requirements of Louisiana’s Video Draw Poker *1135Devices Control Law. For reasons that follow', we affirm.
BACKGROUND
In 1991, Louisiana enacted the “Video Draw Poker Devices Control Law” (hereinafter “the Video Poker Law” or “the Act”), which legalized video poker machines in Louisiana subject to the terms of the Act. See La. R.S. 33:4862.1 et seq. (recodified at La. R.S.…
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