Legal Opinion
Sowma v. Parker, Att'y Gen.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 4, 1941PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJeffords, J.
This case is here on defendants’ exceptions to an order of the chancellor restraining them, in effect, from enforcing the provisions of No. 190 of the Acts of 1941.
By P. L. 8696 and 8697 all machines whether known as slot machines, or otherwise, which distributed money or other things of value as the result of some element of chance and thus provided a means for the winning or losing of money were made illegal and their possession was prohibited.
By Part II of No. 38 of the Acts of 1937 the above sections were so amended as to legalize, by the granting of licenses therefor, the ownership and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Samuels v. McCurdySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Pleuler v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1881
- Bacon v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1910
- State v. CookeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. State of Vermont, State Office of the Court Administrator, and State Department of Finance and ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- State v. LynchSupreme Court of Vermont · 1979
- State v. SolomonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1969
- Pope v. Town of WindsorSupreme Court of Vermont · 1981
- Rockwood v. City of Burlington, VT.District Court, D. Vermont · 1998
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