PEOPLE EX REL. GREEN v. GREWAL

Nos. S217896, S217979.

61 Cal.4th 544 (2015)

189 Cal. Rptr. 3d 686

352 P.3d 275

THE PEOPLE ex rel. LISA S. GREEN, as District Attorney, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KIRNPAL GREWAL, Defendant and Appellant. [And four other cases.]

Supreme Court of California.

June 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weston, Garrou & Mooney, John H. Weston,   G. Randall Garrou and Jerome H. Mooney for Defendants and Appellants Kirnpal Grewal and Phillip Ernest Walker.

William H. Slocumb,   Christopher T. Reid ; Hunt Jeppson & Griffin and Tory E. Griffin for Defendant and Appellant John C. Stidman.

Steven Graff Levine ; Dowling Aaron,   Daniel K. Klingenberger,   Lynne Thaxter Brown and Stephanie Hamilton Borchers for Defendants and Appellants Kamal Kenny Nasser and Ghassan Elmalih.

Downey Brand,   Stephen J. Meyer,   Tory E. Griffin and Kelly L. Pope for Net Connection Hayward, LLC, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Lisa S. Green, District Attorney, Gregory A. Pulskamp and John T. Mitchell, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Sara J. Drake, Assistant Attorney General, and William L. Williams, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Attorney General for the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Mark L. Zahner ; and Gary Koeppel, Deputy District Attorney, for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians and Lytton Rancheria of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Matthew J. Geyer ; Bien & Summers, Elliot L. Bien and Jocelyn S. Sperling for GTech Corporation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Liner,   Joseph R. Taylor and Tiffany R. Caterina for California Gaming Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Reed Smith,   Paul D. Fogel and Dennis Peter Maio for California State Lottery as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

Slot machines, sometimes called "one-armed bandits" (although younger users might wonder why), have long been outlawed in California. Under review are devices that resemble traditional casino-style slot machines in some ways and offer users the chance to win sweepstakes prizes. Because they employ modern technology, the...

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