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FINISH LINE EXPRESS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 77-1029, 77-1031, 77-1034, 77-1048, 77-1110, 77-1142, 77-1152, 77-1539, 77-1634 cons.

59 Ill. App.3d 419 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 526

FINISH LINE EXPRESS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed April 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Feiwell, Galper & Lasky, Ltd., Block, Levy & Becker, Silverstein & Stein, Albert Brooks Friedman, Morton L. Zaslavsky, and David E. Feldman, all of Chicago (George S. Feiwell, Michael A. Braun, Daniel C. Meenan, Jr., Alvin R. Becker, Edward A. Scott, III, and Michael G. Stein, of counsel), for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, and William R. Quinlan, Corporation Counsel, all of Chicago (William Perlman, Assistant Attorney General, John Dienier, Assistant State's Attorney, and Jerome Siegan, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellees.

Carey, Filter & White, of Chicago (Edward M. White, of counsel), for amici curiae.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a case of first impression in the State of Illinois. The plaintiffs-appellants are corporations chartered by the State of Illinois to act as agents for the delivery of monies to be bet in parimutuel facilities established in accordance with the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 8, par. 37-1 et seq.). In June 1977, the Illinois legislature...

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