PAYNE v. FONTENOT

Civil Action No. 95-308-B.

925 F.Supp. 414 (1995)

Albert R. PAYNE, Frank Payne v. Paul FONTENOT, individually and as Superintendent of the State Police for the State of Louisiana, Lieutenant Kendall Fellon, individually and as Head of the Video Gaming Division, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, State Police for the State of Louisiana.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

August 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander A. Lambert, Jr., Metairie, LA, for Albert R. Payne, plaintiff, Frank Payne, plaintiff.

Brett Alan Sulzer, Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Office of State Police, Baton Rouge, LA, Tammy L. Pruet, Baton Rouge, LA, for Paul W. Fontenot.

Brett Alan Sulzer, Dept. of Public Safety & Corrections, Office of State Police, Baton Rouge, LA, for Kendall Fellon, defendant.


RULING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

POLOZOLA, District Judge.

This case requires the Court to determine whether the defendants violated the plaintiffs' constitutional rights when they denied the plaintiffs a video poker license. Finding that no constitutional right has either been violated or is even at issue, defendants' motion to dismiss is granted.

On December 14, 1988, Albert Payne was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1955 and § 1511...

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