Kentucky Supreme Court to Hear i-Gaming Suit

Sept. 4, 2009 - The Kentucky State Supreme Court announced that on Oct. 22, it will hear oral arguments for a suit by Gov. Steven Beshear’s (D) that seeks to have 141 Internet gambling domains seized. The appeal was filed after iMEGA and a coalition of concerned groups persuaded the Kentucky Court of Appeals to block a lower court’s order, on the grounds that Judge Thomas D. Wingate had misapplied the state’s gambling devices law, and inappropriately sought a civil forfeiture of domain names from their rights holder.

The Supreme Court has set oral argument in Commonwealth of Kentucky  v. IMEGA, et al for 11 a.m. on Thursday October 22, 2009 in the Supreme Court courtroom.  The order allots 15 minutes for each side.

“We’ve been waiting for this for a long time, and we’re going to win again,” said Joe Brennan Jr., iMEGA’s chairman. “From the beginning, Kentucky law has clearly supported our position, and a win in the State Supreme Court will put the final emphasis on that.”

iMEGA was joined in it’s suit by the Interactive Gaming Council, the Poker Players Alliance, the ACLU, the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Internet Commerce Association, eBay and Network Solutions.

iMEGA is represented by Jon L. Fleischaker, of Dinsmore & Shohl in Louisville, KY.

Links
KY Supreme Court order - Commonwealth of Kentucky v. iMEGA, et al
iMEGA Kentucky Supreme Court Brief (PDF format)
iMEGA v. Judge Thomas D. Wingate - KY Court of Appeals decision (PDF format)
iMEGA v. Judge Thomas D. Wingate - KY notice of appeal