Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Collins Entertainment Co., Inc.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided April 28, 1999No. 3:97-2136-17PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ANDERSON District Judge.
Introduction
Late in the 1986 legislative session, a state senator successfully added a proviso to the 1986-87 South Carolina General Appropriations bill which carved out an exception to the state’s 274 year old laws prohibiting gambling. 1 This little-noticed, highly-technical, and slightly-ambiguous amendment to the anti-gambling statute provides that “coin-operated nonpayout [machines] with free play feature” are exempt from a state law which otherwise prohibits “any vending or slot machine ... or…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mims Amusement Co. v. South Carolina Law Enforcement DivisionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2005
- City of Charleston, SC v. Hotels. Com, LPDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 2008