PRESIDENT RIVERBOAT CASINO v. MO. GAMING

Nos. SC 81616, SC 81685.

13 S.W.3d 635 (2000)

PRESIDENT RIVERBOAT CASINO-MISSOURI, INC., and Aztar Missouri Gaming Corporation, Appellants, v. MISSOURI GAMING COMMISSION, Respondent. Boyd Kansas City, Inc., Appellant, v. Missouri Gaming Commission, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

March 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Brasher, Paul E. Littleton, St. Louis, for appellants in No. SC 81616.

Daniel Bukovac, N. Chris Walters, Kansas City, for appellant in No. SC 81685.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Michael W. Bradley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


DUANE BENTON, Judge.

Three riverboat casinos seek declaratory judgment that: (1) the "admission fees" they pay to the Gaming Commission Fund are unconstitutional, and (2) the scheme of reimbursement for Highway Patrol services — if not unconstitutional — violates the governing statutes. The circuit court ruled for the Missouri Gaming Commission. Because of the constitutional challenges, this Court has exclusive jurisdiction. Mo. Const. art. V, sec...

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