Legal Opinion
Laurie Tsao v. Desert Palace, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 23, 2012No. 09-16233, 09-17535PublishedCited by 1,022 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Laurie Tsao is a so-called “advantage” gambler — a professional gambler who uses legal techniques, such as card counting, to win at casino table games, especially blackjack. 1 She was ar rested at Caesars Palace (a casino owned by the Defendant-Appellee Desert Palace) for trespassing and obstructing the duties of a police officer, and now challenges that arrest as unconstitutional and as constituting various common law torts. The District Court held that the casino’s security guard (non-party Clint Makeley) had probable cause to make a…
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