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CASINO ASS'N OF LA. v. STATE EX REL. FOSTER

No. 2002-CA-0265.

820 So.2d 494 (2002)

CASINO ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA & Individual Members v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the Honorable Murphy J. FOSTER, Governor, The Honorable Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Gray Sexton, L. Rand Dennis, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Maris L. McCrory, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Applicant.

Juston M. O'Brien, Paul S. West, McGlinchey, Stafford, Baton Rouge, Richard C. Stanley, Donald H. Knecht, Jr., Thomas M. Flanagan, Stanley & Flanagan, New Orleans, Dean A. Cole, Cliffe E. Laborde, III, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, Counsel for Respondent.

VICTORY, J.

This case is before us on direct appeal of a finding by the district court that the statutes prohibiting campaign contributions from the riverboat and land-based casino industries are unconstitutional. After reviewing the record and the applicable law, we reverse the judgment of the district court and uphold the constitutionality of these statutes.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On September 20, 2000, the Casino Association

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