Thomas REUTER, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC.; Visa U.S.A., Inc.; MBNA Corporation; Citigroup, Inc.; Chase Manhattan Corporation; Bank One Corporation; Bank of America Corporation; U.S. Bancorp; Fleet Financial Group, Inc.; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of Citizens National Bank of Macomb; Busey Bank of Urbana; United Community Bank of Chatham; and Palmer Bank, Defendants-Appellees.
Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 5, 2010.
January 5, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen M. Osborne, The Sharp Law Firm, P.C., Mt. Vernon, IL; Bruce A. Beeman, Wolter, Beeman & Lynch, Springfield, IL, for Appellant, Thomas Reuter.
William P. Hardy, J. William Roberts, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Springfield, IL; Colleen Kennedy, Daniel H. Bookin, Randall W. Edwards, O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, San Francisco, CA, for VISA, U.S.A., Inc.
R. Mark Mifflin, Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C., Springfield, IL; Marianne Short, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for U.S. Bank National Association, N.A.
R. Mark Mifflin, Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C., Springfield, IL; Jim McCabe, Gregory P. Dresser, Morrison & Forester, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Bank of America, N.A., Fleet Bank, N.A., MBNA America Bank, N.A.
Brian T. Schurter, Tummelson Bryan & Knox, LLP, Urbana, IL, for Busey Bank of Urbana.
Thomas H. Wilson, Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Ltd., Springfield, IL, for First USA Bank, N.A., Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A.
Lawrence J. Kwacala, Flack, McRaven & Stephens, Macomb, IL, for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as receiver for Citizens National Bank of Macomb.
Paul E. Adami, Fred C. Prillaman, Joel A. Benoit, Mohan, Alewelt, Prillaman & Adami, Springfield, IL; Jay N. Fastow, Dickstein Shapiro, LLP, New York, NY, for MasterCard International, Inc.
Lorilea Buerkett, Eric L. Grenezebach, Brown, Hay & Stephens, Springfield, IL, for United Community Bank.
Karen L. Kendall, Frederick P. Velde, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL; Christopher R. Lipsett, WilmerHale, New York, NY, for Citigroup, Inc. (A joint brief was filed by all appellees)
Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.
Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:
This appeal involves section 28-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/28-8 (West 1998)). That section provides that any person who loses money or any other thing of value through illegal gambling may recover what was lost from the winner. 720 ILCS 5/28-8(a) (West 1998). If the gambler does not bring a suit to recover his or her losses within six months of the time they occur, any other individual may bring a...
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