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Tibbetts v. Van De Kamp

California Court of Appeal

Decided July 27, 1990No. A043289PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

STRANKMAN, J.

I. Synopsis

Is the poker card game known as “Texas Hold’em” a form of “stud-horse poker” proscribed by Penal Code section 330? By her complaint for, inter alia, declaratory relief, respondent Nora Tibbetts, individually and as executrix of the estate of J. C. Tibbetts, deceased, doing business as the Oaks Card Room, a sole proprietorship, 2 asserted that the term “stud-horse poker” referred to a specific form of five-card stud poker popular in California casinos in the 1880’s, that Texas Hold’em is entirely separate and distinct from such game, and therefore is not…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In Re HubbardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
  2. People v. BakerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  3. People v. CarrollCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Monterey Club v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1941
  5. Sullivan v. FoxCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Western Telcon, Inc. v. California State LotteryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Valley Vista Services, Inc. v. City of Monterey ParkCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
  3. Kelly v. First Astri Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1999
  4. Oliver v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998

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