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EMPRESS CASINO JOLIET CORP. v. BLAGOJEVICH

Case No. 09 C 3585.

674 F.Supp.2d 993 (2009)

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.

December 7, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Andalman, Blair Robert Zanzig, Jeremy D. Margolis, Stacy Anne Manning, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Evan M. Meyers, Jay Edelson, Rafey S. Balabanian, Steven L. Lezell, Kamberedelson LLC, William J. McKenna, Jr., Jonathan William Garlough, Martin J. Bishop, Foley & Lardner, Gary Scott Feinerman, John Nicholas Gallo, Andrianna Deanne Kastanek, Sidley Austin LLP, Michael J. Murray, Francis Kevin Murnighan, Carey, Filter, White & Boland, Chicago, IL, Charles E. Hamilton, Attorney At Law, Belleville, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge:

The plaintiffs in this case own and operate riverboat gambling casinos in Elgin, Joliet, and Aurora, 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, collectively, "the racetracks...

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