Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Nielson v. City of Gooding
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1953No. 8062PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The legislature of the State of Idaho, in 1947, passed an act cited as “Local License Act” providing for the licensing, regulating, controlling or prohibiting the operation of coin-operated amusement devices, commonly known as slot machines, within the corporate limits of cities and villages and specifically declaring such devices “to be gaming but not lottery.” LC. § 50-1502. The act became effective March 11, 1947. Session Laws of 1947, Ch. 151, p. 359, now appearing as Title 50, Ch. 15, Idaho Code.
Under the act such devices may be lawfully operated only within the corporate…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Buck v. KuykendallSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Daniels v. TearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Farrell v. County of PlacerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co. v. OsbornSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Williams v. BaldridgeIdaho Supreme Court · 1930
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. ClarkIdaho Supreme Court · 1965
- Budd v. BishopWyoming Supreme Court · 1975
- Jewett v. WilliamsIdaho Supreme Court · 1962
- Greer v. Lewiston Golf & Country Club, Inc.Idaho Supreme Court · 1959
- City of Garden City v. City of BoiseIdaho Supreme Court · 1983
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