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EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET CORP. v. BLAGOJEVICH

Case No. 09 C 3585.

EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET CORP., DES PLAINES DEVELOPMENT LTD. P'SHIP, HOLLYWOOD CASINO-AURORA, INC., and ELGIN RIVERBOAT RESORT-RIVERBOAT CASINO, Plaintiffs, v. ROD BLAGOJEVICH, FRIENDS OF BLAGOJEVICH, JOHN JOHNSTON, BALMORAL RACING CLUB, INC., MAYWOOD PARK TROTTING ASS'N, INC., ARLINGTON PARK RACECOURSE, LLC, FAIRMOUNT PARK, INC., and HAWTHORNE RACE COURSE, INC., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

August 7, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Empress Casino Joliet Corporation, Plaintiff, represented by Robert M. Andalman , Loeb & Loeb LLP, Blair Robert Zanzig , Hiltz Wantuch & Zanzig LLC, Jeremy D. Margolis , Loeb & Loeb LLP & Stacy Anne Howard , Loeb & Loeb LLP.

Des Plaines Development Limited Partnership, Plaintiff, represented by Robert M. Andalman , Loeb & Loeb LLP, Blair Robert Zanzig , Hiltz Wantuch & Zanzig LLC, Jeremy D. Margolis , Loeb & Loeb LLP & Stacy Anne Howard , Loeb & Loeb LLP.

Hollywood Casino-Aurora, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Robert M. Andalman , Loeb & Loeb LLP, Blair Robert Zanzig , Hiltz Wantuch & Zanzig LLC, Jeremy D. Margolis , Loeb & Loeb LLP & Stacy Anne Howard , Loeb & Loeb LLP.

Elgin Riverboat Resort-Riverboat Casino, Plaintiff, represented by Robert M. Andalman , Loeb & Loeb LLP, Blair Robert Zanzig , Hiltz Wantuch & Zanzig LLC, Jeremy D. Margolis , Loeb & Loeb LLP & Stacy Anne Howard , Loeb & Loeb LLP.

John Johnston, Defendant, represented by William J. McKenna, Jr. , Foley & Lardner, Jonathan William Garlough , Foley & Lardner, Martin J. Bishop , Foley & Lardner & Meredith Ann Shippee , Foley & Lardner Llp.

Balmoral Racing Club, Inc., Defendant, represented by William J. McKenna, Jr. , Foley & Lardner, Jonathan William Garlough , Foley & Lardner, Martin J. Bishop , Foley & Lardner & Meredith Ann Shippee , Foley & Lardner Llp.

Maywood Park Trotting Association, Inc., Defendant, represented by William J. McKenna, Jr. , Foley & Lardner, Jonathan William Garlough , Foley & Lardner, Martin J. Bishop , Foley & Lardner & Meredith Ann Shippee , Foley & Lardner Llp.

Rod Blagojevich, deponent, represented by Leonard C. Goodman .

Service List,, represented by Barbara Carroll Delano , Office of the Illinois Attorney General & Jennifer Marie Zlotow , Office of the Illinois Attorney General.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case own and operate riverboat gambling casinos in Illinois. They have sued former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, his campaign committee Friends of Blagojevich (FOB), five entities that operate horse racing tracks in Illinois (Balmoral Park, Maywood Park, Arlington Park, Fairmount Park, and Hawthorne), and John Johnston, the owner of Balmoral...

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