APPEALS COURT CALLS AZTAR CASE `FRIVOLOUS'

From: Evansville Courier & Press | Date: December 6, 2003| Author: BYRON ROHRIG, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7426 or blrohrig@evansville.net | Copyright information

A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the nationally noted lawsuit of professed gambling addict David N. Williams against Casino Aztar, declaring the case a "frivolous" federal claim. The appellate court also ordered Williams' attorneys to show why they and Williams should not be sanctioned.

But an attorney for the 53-year-old Evansville man who gambled away his life savings on the local riverboat said the ruling by the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was a "partial victory" for W...

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