Legal Opinion
Holliday v. Governor of State of South Carolina
District Court, W.D. South Carolina
Decided July 20, 1948No. Civ. A. 874PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYCHE, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this suit seeks to enjoin the enforcement of Sections 1301, 1301-1, 1301-1(2), Code of Laws of South Caro lina, 1942, 1 and Act No. 284 of the Acts of 1947 of the General Assembly of South Carolina, 2 45 St. at Large, p. 592, upon the ground that such Acts are in violation of Section 1, Article 14 (Fourteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution.
These Acts, as construed by the South Carolina Supreme Court, declare “coin operated non-payout Pin Tables with free play feature” to be gambling machines per se, and as such subject to seizure and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Murphy v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- People v. One Pinball Machine Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1942
- Calcutt v. . McGeachySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
- Alexander v. Martin, SheriffSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- Alexander v. Hunnicutt, SheriffSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1941
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. One Hundred & Fifty-Eight Gaming DevicesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
- Vaughan v. DowlingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1962
- State v. One "Jack and Jill" PinballMissouri Court of Appeals · 1949
- Jernigan v. State of Miss.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1993
- United States v. 20 "Dealer's Choice" Machines & Coin Contents of $3.50District Court, D. South Carolina · 1972
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