Thursday, Jan. 25, 2001 | 10:35 a.m.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO -- A Cook County judge today dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state law that allows investors to locate the Emerald riverboat casino in Rosemont, a suburb northwest of Chicago.
The opinion from Circuit Judge Robert Boharic is a defeat for a rival group of Lake County investors who claim they were illegally shut out of the bidding for a casino license.
The group wants to put a casino in Fox Lake and is expected to appeal the decision. It claims the 1999 law was the result of an unconstitutional political deal.
The measure provided unrelated benefits to other casinos as well as a horse-racing subsidy and billions of dollars for public works projects.
All of that could collapse if the law were found unconstitutional, attorneys say.
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