I was talking with a friend today about the late 1990s and some of the casinos that opened here in Las Vegas during that time, one of which is the Paris Hotel & Casino.
Somehow the subject of whether or not it was a separate property from Bally’s (which it is physically connected with) came up, and I mentioned that there had been a lawsuit about it, with a judge eventually finding that the two properties were actually a single company/property.
The Paris opened in 1997, but I think it was years later that the lawsuit was concluded.
I know there were news stories about it here in Las Vegas, but now I can’t seem to dig them up with my normally potent google-fu.
Can anyone with access to LexisNexis or some such help me out and find the name of the lawsuit or a news story about it or any info at all?
The Paris opened in 1997, but I think it was years later that the lawsuit was concluded.
Thanks, Mr. Slant, but neither of those are the case I’m looking for.
The case I’m looking for had to do with management trying to say that Bally’s and the Paris were two separate, distinct entities, so that they didn’t have to honor union contracts, including with the Culinary Union, or seniority at the new Paris casino, despite the fact that they basically just moved people between the “properties” at will, and the court found that management consisted of the same people at both properties: in other words, the General Manager of Bally’s was also the GM of Paris, the head of Banquets was the same person for both places, and (IIRC) there was no separate gaming license for the Paris; they just ran it off the Bally’s gaming license.
The judge found that the properties/hotels/casinos were really one place, despite management’s attempts to concoct a legal fiction to evade their contractual obligations to their workers.
Might not have been a reported judgement in which case it is less likely to appear. If you know the party names then the Court where the case was heard might be your best shot.
Thanks; I may have to go down to the regional justice center and talk to a clerk there.
I know it made the newspapers, tho, because that’s how I know about it in the first place. So far, it’s been very hard to search online because the key words themselves are all well-used.