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Court allows public nuisance suits against 3 Alabama casinos

Alabama Public Radio | By Associated Press
Published September 25, 2020 at 4:27 PM CDT
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After adopting the new three drug protocol, the attorney general's office is asking the Alabama Supreme Court to set execution dates for nine death row inmates.

 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court says judges in two rural counties were wrong to dismiss lawsuits filed by the state seeking to have three casinos declared public nuisances. 

The decision means the state can resume cases challenging operations at VictoryLand in Macon County and White Hall Entertainment and Southern Star Entertainment in Lowndes County.

The state has repeatedly attempted to shut down gambling halls with electronic games resembling slot machines. It filed separate lawsuits in 2017 asking courts to declare that the casinos, located east and west of Montgomery, were public nuisances because they promoted illegal gambling.

The suits can now go ahead.
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