Gulf Collateral, Inc. v. Morgan

ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

I

Plaintiff as assignee has brought this diversity action against a Georgia citizen based on two checks given by the defendant in payment of gambling transactions which occurred at Las Vegas, Nevada in 1971.

Defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that the gambling transaction involved is against the public policy of Georgia whose courts are not open to those suing on such obligations irrespective of whether the debt is valid under the law of the state where it was incurred.

The material facts are not…