Legal Opinion
Empress Casino Joliet Corp. v. Balmoral Racing Club, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 2011No. 09-3975PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, four riverboat casinos operating in Illinois, brought this RICO suit against five Illinois racetracks, charging that the owner of two of the tracks, in *725cahoots with Illinois’ then governor, Rod Blagojevieh, had “bought” a pair of Illinois statutes harmful to the casinos. Enacted in 2006 and 2008 by large margins, these statutes, which are to remain in effect until the end of this year, require the casinos to deposit 3 percent of their revenues in a segregated state fund- — the “Horse Racing Equity Trust Fund” — for disbursement to the racetracks within 10…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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3Cited by57 opinions
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