Legal Opinion
United States v. 10, More or Less, Digger Machines
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided June 9, 1952No. Nos. 8287(2), 8288(2)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULEN, District Judge.
In these two cases plaintiff has seized a number of “Digger Machines” (10 in case 8287, and 9 in case 8288), under Public Law 906, 81st Congress, 2d Sess., § 7, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1177. By stipulation, the sole question now in issue is whether the machine comes within Section 1(a) (2) of the Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1171(a) (2):
“(a) The term ‘gambling device’ means—
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“(2) any machine or mechanical device designed and manufactured to operate by means of insertion of a coin, token, or similar object and designed and manufactured so that when operated it may deliver, as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Boosalis v. CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. 24 Digger Merchandising MacHines Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. Walter KorpanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
- Boies v. BartellArizona Supreme Court · 1957
- Carll & Ramagosa, Inc. v. AshSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1957
- United States v. Twenty-Eight "Mighty Payloader" Coin-Operated Gaming DevicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980