Legal Opinion
Empress Casino Joliet Corpora v. John Johnston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 2014No. 13-2972PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Deals are the stuff of legislating. Although logrolling may appear unseemly some of the time, it is not, by itself, illegal. Bribes are.. This case requires us once again to decide whether some shenanigans in the Illinois General Assembly and governor’s office crossed the line from the merely unseemly to the unlawful. It involves a subject we have visited in the past: two industries that compete for gambling dollars. See Empress Casino Joliet Corp. v. Balmoral Racing Club, Inc., 651 F.3d 722 (7th Cir.2011) (en banc). In 2006 and 2008, former Governor Rod Blagojevich signed…
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