BROWN v. HOTEL & RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES & BARTENDERS

No. 83-498.

468 U.S. 491 (1984)

BROWN, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY, DIVISION OF GAMING ENFORCEMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL. v. HOTEL & RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES & BARTENDERS INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 54 ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided July 2, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Parrillo, Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs for appellants in No. 83-498 were Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General, and Gary A. Ehrlich and Eugene M. Schwartz, Deputy Attorneys General. Robert J. Genatt and John R. Zimmerman filed briefs for appellants in No. 83-573.

Laurence Gold argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Bernard N. Katz, Michael N. Katz, and George Kaufmann.

David Previant and Robert M. Baptiste filed a brief for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Atlantic City Casino Hotel Association et al. by William F. Kaspers; and for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation by Rex H. Reed and Glenn M. Taubman.


JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1976, the citizens of New Jersey amended their State Constitution to permit the legislative authorization of casino gambling within the municipality of Atlantic City.1 Determined to prevent the infiltration of organized crime into its nascent casino industry and to assure public trust in the industry's integrity, the New Jersey Legislature...

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