TRANS-STERLING, INC. v. BIBLE

No. 85-2424.

804 F.2d 525 (1986)

TRANS-STERLING, INC., a Nevada corporation; Karat Inc., a Nevada corporation; Fremont Hotel, Inc., a Nevada corporation; Sundance Associates, a Nevada limited partnership; Sundance Hotel & Casino, Inc., a Nevada corporation; Allan D. Sachs; and Herbert L. Tobman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Paul A. BIBLE, Individually and as Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission; Raymond C. Avansino, Jr., Individually and as Commissioner of the Nevada Gaming Commission; Kenneth R. Gragson, Individually and as Commissioner of the Nevada Gaming Commission; Jerry Lockhart, Individually and as Commissioner of the Nevada Gaming Commission; Jack C. Walsh, Individually and as Commissioner of the Nevada Gaming Commission; James Avance, Individually and as Chairman of the State Gaming Control Board; Patricia Becker, Individually and as a member of the State Gaming Control Board; and Richard G. Hyte, Individually and as a member of the State Gaming Control Board, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1986.

Designated for Publication November 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton R. Galane, P.C., Thomas J. Tanksley, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James C. Giudici, Deputy Atty. Gen., Gaming Div., Carson City, Nev., David D. Johnson, Chief Dist. Atty. Gen., Ellen F. Whittemore, James R. Chamberlain, Deputy Attys. Gen., Gaming Div., Las Vegas, Nev., for defendants-appellees.

Before NELSON, WIGGINS and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Trans-Sterling, Inc., Karat, Inc., Fremont Hotel, Inc., Sundance Associates, Sundance Hotel & Casino, Inc., Allan D. Sachs, and Herbert L. Tobman (collectively Trans-Sterling) appeal the district court's grant of defendants' motion for summary judgment in Trans-Sterling's section 1983 action against present and former members of the Nevada Gaming Commission (the Commission) and the State Gaming Control Board (the Board). We affirm...

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