LAS VEGAS SANDS, LLC v. NEHME

No. 09-16740.

632 F.3d 526 (2011)

LAS VEGAS SANDS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, DBA Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Amine T. NEHME, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Logan, Esq. , Las Vegas, NV, for defendant-appellant.

Von S. Heinz , Lewis and Roca LLP, Las Vegas, NV, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: A. WALLACE TASHIMA and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges, and LINDA R. READE, Chief District Judge.


OPINION

BEA, Circuit Judge:

This diversity action arises out of a gambling debt Amine T. Nehme ("Nehme") is claimed to owe Las Vegas Sands, LLC (the "Venetian"), on an unpaid casino "marker" in the amount of $499,000, plus interest.

A marker is a gambling credit instrument that allows a gambler to receive all or part of the credit line the casino has approved for him, based on the gambler's prior credit application with the casino. Once the gambler...

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