PLAYBOY HOTEL OF CHICAGO, INC. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 85-1465.

147 Ill. App.3d 984 (1986)

498 N.E.2d 663

PLAYBOY HOTEL OF CHICAGO, INC., d/b/a Chicago Playboy Club, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed September 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Moses, Morton Siegel, Richard G. Schoenstadt, and James L. Webster, all of Chicago, for appellant.

James D. Montgomery, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Mary K. Rochford and Lynn K. Mitchell, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal raises the question of whether the circuit court correctly held that plaintiff's blackjack tables are gambling devices prohibited by Illinois law, and therefore properly dismissed plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim for the relief sought.

In reviewing an order of a trial court dismissing a complaint for failure to state a cause of action, this court must...

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