STILLMAKER v. DEPT. OF LIQUOR CONTROL

No. 68-283.

18 Ohio St. 2d 200 (1969)

STILLMAKER ET AL., D. B. A. STILLMAKER DISTRIBUTION CO., APPELLEES, v. DEPT. OF LIQUOR CONTROL ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Topper & Alloway, Mr. James F. DeLeone, Messrs. Lindhorst & Dreidame, Messrs. Tyler, Kane & Rubin and Mr. Paul L. Watson, for appellees.

Mr. Paul W. Brown, attorney general, and Mr. James E. Rattan, for appellants.


MATTHIAS, J.

The question before this court is whether the machines involved in the instant case are gambling devices per se.

The machines are of the pinball variety, and were put into evidence and actually operated for the Court of Common Pleas. Their operation is well described in appellants' brief as follows:

"* * * In many respects their operation is no different than that of the usual `pinball...

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