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Kraus v. City of Cleveland

Supreme Court of Ohio
Mar 14, 1951
97 N.E.2d 549 (Ohio 1951)

Opinion

No. 32519

Decided March 14, 1951.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Gambling — Action by taxpayer to enjoin licensing of lotteries — Cleveland ordinance licensing lotteries for charitable purpose unconstitutional — Section 6, Article XV, Constitution, self-executing — Bingo — Less than 3 per cent of gross receipts given to charitable beneficiaries — City not deprived of regulatory powers, when — Local self-government — Section 3, Article XVIII, Constitution.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga county.

Mr. Myron D. Malitz and Mr. William J. Kraus, for appellee.

Mr. Lee C. Howley, director of law, and Mr. Robert J. Selzer, for appellants.


It is ordered and adjudged that this appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., ZIMMERMAN, STEWART, MIDDLETON, TAFT, MATTHIAS and HART, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Kraus v. City of Cleveland

Supreme Court of Ohio
Mar 14, 1951
97 N.E.2d 549 (Ohio 1951)
Case details for

Kraus v. City of Cleveland

Case Details

Full title:KRAUS, APPELLEE v. CITY OF CLEVELAND ET AL., APPELLANTS

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Mar 14, 1951

Citations

97 N.E.2d 549 (Ohio 1951)
97 N.E.2d 549

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