Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Club Caravan, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 13, 1991No. 90-P-180PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
On the defendants’ motions to dismiss 133 indictments for various gaming offenses or for conspiracies, all based on video poker machines, the judge ruled that the machines were not gambling devices per se and thus dismissed nineteen indictments not based on actual use of the machines for gambling, or, in the conspiracy indictments, knowledge of such actual use by an alleged coconspirator. The Commonwealth has appealed from the dismissals. 2
Most of the indictments were framed under G. L. c. 271, § 7, as appearing in St. 1968, c. 115, which prohibits setting up, promoting, or operating “a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. O'DELLMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. St. PierreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Swartz v. General Motors Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by19 opinions
- United States v. MarderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Commonwealth v. RomanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. GoldsteinMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. Truong Vo TamMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
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