Legal Opinion
People v. Sullivan
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 23, 1943No. Crim. 479PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarks, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment and order dismissing an information charging defendant in three counts with violations of the provisions of subdivision 3 of section 337a of the Penal Code in conducting a bookmaking establishment by accepting and placing bets on horse races.
The ruling in the court below was made on the ground that the California law violated the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution and of article I of the state Constitution by permitting the placing of bets on horse races only in legally operated pari-mutuel betting machines in duly licensed…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Plumley v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by18 opinions
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