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EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET CORP. v. JOHNSTON

No. 13-2972.

763 F.3d 723 (2014)

EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET CORP., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John JOHNSTON, Balmoral Racing Club, Inc., and Maywood Park Trotting Ass'n, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 15, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Andalman , A & G Law LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William J. McKenna, Jr. , Attorney, Martin J. Bishop , Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Chief Judge.

Deals are the stuff of legislating. Although logrolling may appear unseemly some of the time, it is not, by itself, illegal. Bribes are. This case requires us once again to decide whether some shenanigans in the Illinois General Assembly and governor's office crossed the line from the merely unseemly to the unlawful. It involves a subject we have visited in the past: two industries that compete for gambling dollars. See Empress Casino Joliet...

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