Family Amusement of Northern Illinois, Inc. v. Accel Entertainment Gaming LLC

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the trial court's rulings of February 1, 2017, which *543 denied the request of the defendants the Illinois Gaming Board and its members (collectively, the Gaming Board or the Board) to dismiss the counts against them in the complaint filed by the plaintiffs, Family Amusement of Northern Illinois, Inc. (Family), and Richard E. Grap (collectively, FA), and granted summary judgment in favor of FA on one of its requests for declaratory judgment. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND

¶ 3 In 2009, the legislature enacted the Illinois Video Gaming Act (Act) (…