CITY E. CHICAGO v. EAST CHICAGO SEC. CENT., INC.

No. 49S02-0808-CV-00436.

908 N.E.2d 611 (2009)

CITY OF EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA, Appellant (Third Party Defendant/Intervening Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff/Counterclaim Plaintiff/Cross-claim Plaintiff below), v. EAST CHICAGO SECOND CENTURY, INC., Appellee (Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant/Cross-claim Defendant below), RIH Acquisitions IN, LLC d/b/a Resorts East Chicago, Appellee (Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff/Counterclaim Plaintiff/Cross-claim Defendant below), Twin City Education Foundation, Inc., and East Chicago Community Development Foundation, Inc., Appellees (Intervening Plaintiffs / Third Party Defendants / Cross-claim Defendants below), Michael A. Pannos, and Thomas S. Cappas, Appellees (Third Party Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Kotzan, James Knauer, William Bock, III, Steven Runyan, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant City of East Chicago, Indiana.

Karl Mulvaney, Duane Denton, Kelly Eskew, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee RIH Acquisitions in, LLC.

James Richmond, Chicago, IL, Attorney for Appellee Michael Pannos.

Gregory F. Zoeller, Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General of Indiana, Heather Hagan, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae State of Indiana.

James McNeely, Brady J. Rife, Shelbyville, IN, Margaret Smith, Indianapolis, IN, Thomas Cappas, Munster, IN, Michael Pannos, Merrillville, IN, Attorneys for Appellee East Chicago Second Century, Inc.

Peter Rusthoven, Deborah Pollack-Milgate, Paul Jefferson, John Boyd, Robert Grand, Mark Crandley, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellees Twin City Education Foundation, Inc. and East Chicago Community Development Foundation, Inc.

Ronald Gifford, Scott Himsel, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Resorts East Chicago.

Norman Funk, Rori Goldman, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Indiana Gaming Commission.


On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A02-0608-CV-631

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

When riverboat gambling came to Indiana and to East Chicago, the applicant for the gaming license and the City of East Chicago negotiated certain arrangements to commit part of the resulting revenue toward economic and workforce development in the City. Several private corporations were created to facilitate...

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