Crusius v. Illinois Gaming Board

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 98351 Rel

Docket No. 98351-Agenda 9-May 2005.

PHILIP N. CRUSIUS, Appellant, v. THE ILLINOIS GAMING
BOARD et al., Appellees.

Opinion filed September 22, 2005.
 

JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Philip N. Crusius (Crusius), filed suit on behalf of all Illinois taxpayers and the State of Illinois against the Illinois Gaming Board (Board), seeking a declaratory judgment that section 11.2(a) of the Riverboat Gambling Act (230 ILCS 10/11.2(a) (West 2000)) violates the Illinois Constitution's special legislation clause (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IV,