BOSTON -- The state's highest court is weighing a case that will determine if Massachusetts voters get to decide in November whether or not to allow Las Vegas-style casino gambling in the state.
The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments Monday in an appeal challenging state Attorney General Martha Coakley's ruling that a proposed ballot question violates the state constitution.
The anti-casino group Repeal the Casino Deal wants the court to allow a question on the ballot asking voters if they want the state's 2011 casino law repealed.
The law allows for up to three casinos and one slots-only parlor in the state.
Coakley's office argued that the question is not permissible because it would result in an uncompensated taking of private property from casino developers.
A ruling is not expected until July.
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