Legal Opinion
Washington Coin MacH. Ass'n v. Callahan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 17, 1944No. 8490PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRONER, G J.
The penal statutes of the District of Columbia make it unlawful to set up or keep in the District any kind of gambling device designed for the purpose of playing any game of chance for money or property.
Appellants are in the business of distributing and operating locally certain types of - pin-ball amusement machines. A number are in operation in retail stores and are used by the customers of such stores—it is claimed—wholly for their entertainment, presumably while lingering to be waited on by too busy clerks. The machine stands some three or four feet from the floor, supported…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. WaiteSupreme Court of Kansas · 1942
- Wigton's ReturnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- People v. JenningsNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Gayer v. WhelanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- Davies v. Mills Novelty Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. One Bally Coney Island No. 21011 Gaming TableSupreme Court of Kansas · 1953
- Shoot v. Illinois Liquor Control CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
- State v. One Hundred & Fifty-Eight Gaming DevicesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
- State v. WassickWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. One "Jack and Jill" PinballMissouri Court of Appeals · 1949
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