Legal Opinion
Mattes v. Ballys Las Vegas
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 1, 2007No. 05-15248PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM**
Steven Mattes, a high stakes blackjack player, appeals the district court’s order setting aside an $8 million jury verdict in his favor and granting a new trial, and its subsequent grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees Park Place Entertainment Corp. and Parball Corp. d/b/a ParisLas Vegas and Bally’s-Las Vegas (collectively, “Paris”), which were erroneously sued under other names. Mattes argues that the jury verdict was proper and should not have been set aside, and that even if that ruling is upheld, the district court should not subsequently have granted summary…
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