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AKIN v. MISSOURI GAMING COM'N

No. 79594.

956 S.W.2d 261 (1997)

W. Todd AKIN, et al. Appellants, v. MISSOURI GAMING COMMISSION, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simon B. Buckner, Buckner & Buckner, P.C., Jefferson City, for Appellants.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Erwin O. Switzer, III, Barbara Holway, Barbara H. Frazier, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Howard Paperner, Robert L. Devoto, Thomas F. Eagelton, Lawrence C. Friedman, Matthew J. Fairless, Byron Francis, St. Louis, Kenneth D. Dean, Columbia, Leonard Rose, Kansas City, for Respondent.

BENTON, Chief Justice.

In August 1996, the Missouri Gaming Commission was considering applications to license floating facilities in St. Louis County. Three Missouri taxpayers sued to prevent the licensing of facilities in artificial spaces filled with water from the Missouri River, not contiguous to the river but within 1,000 feet of the main channel. The Missouri Riverboat Gaming Association, the City of Maryland Heights, and three gaming corporations (including...

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