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Empress Casino Joliet Corp. v. Blagojevich

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 2, 2011No. 09-3975, 10-1019PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

This civil racketeering suit has some factual overlap with the federal prosecution of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, now awaiting retrial on various criminal counts that were tried last summer but resulted in a hung jury. Four riverboat casinos claim they are victims of a pay-to-play scheme engineered by Blagojevich and John Johnston, the owner of two Illinois horse-racing tracks.1 The casi*523nos allege that Blagojevich “sold” and Johnston “bought” the enactment of two Illinois gaming laws requiring them to pay 3% of their adjusted gross revenue into a “Horse…

2Cases cited60 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Forrester v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Empress Casino Joliet Corpora v. Balmoral Racing Club, IncorporCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  2. Empress Casino Joliet Corpora v. John JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
  3. Bagley v. BlagojevichCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  4. Kathrein v. City of EvanstonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  5. People v. DonleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2015

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