The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania denied a request Thursday from Louis DeNaples, founder of Mount Airy Casino Resort, for a hearing about restrictions imposed on him.
Mr. DeNaples filed a petition with the Supreme Court related to a Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board restriction that prohibited Mount Airy from contracting with a business he owned, gaming control board spokesman Doug Harbach said in a statement. The statement did not identify the DeNaples business in question.
The board responded by arguing that the Supreme Court should not exercise its jurisdiction over the claim and alternatively that the restriction on Mount Airy is not unreasonable.
"What the court did is to deny Mr. DeNaples' request to hear the matter," Mr. Harbach said.
In June, the Gaming Control Board approved a restructuring plan for Mount Airy Casino Resort that allowed Mr. DeNaples to shed his status as a state casino licensee and complete plans to transfer control of the casino to his children.
The board's approval created an expanded second generation family trust to run the casino in Monroe County that Mr. DeNaples, a Dunmore businessman, opened in 2007.
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