DANIELS v. MOBLEY

Record No. 121242.

737 S.E.2d 895 (2013)

285 Va. 402

Charles DANIELS, d/b/a The Poker Palace v. Earle C. MOBLEY, in his official capacity as Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Portsmouth.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Goldstein ( John C. Lynch , Virginia Beach; Ethan G. Ostroff , Virginia Beach; Tejinder Singh ; Troutman Sanders ; Goldstein & Russell, on briefs), for appellant.

Mark R. Colombell ( Robert R. Musick ; ThompsonMcMullan, on brief), for appellee.

Amici Curiae: Fraternal Order of Police of Virginia, Inc., Virginia Moose Association, Portsmouth Catholic Regional School, and Charities, Inc. ( George H. Bowles , Virginia Beach; Joseph R. Pope , Richmond; Williams Mullen , on brief), in support of appellant.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Justice S. BERNARD GOODWYN.

Charles P. Daniels, doing business as the Poker Palace, appeals from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth in a declaratory judgment action. The circuit court ruled that Daniels failed to establish that Texas Hold `Em poker is not illegal gambling under Code § 18.2-325 and that Code § 18.2-328 is unconstitutionally vague. We conclude that the request...

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