The US Third Court of Appeal has set January 14 as a deadline for the state of New Jersey to submit its latest brief in the ongoing dispute over New Jersey's attempts to legalize intrastate sports betting. The case is centered on the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which essentially outlaws the expansion of sports betting across the country, but allows several states an exemption.
The latest round of litigation and appeals has seen NCAA and four sports leagues get together against the state. They will have until February 13 to respond to New Jersey's submission and the state is expected to answer their claims on February 27.
When the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB along with NCAA filed a lawsuit in US federal court to block New Jersey from allowing sports betting, back in August 2012, the case took 7 months to get to New Jersey District Court where Judge Michael A. Shipp ruled in favor of the professional leagues. Two weeks later the state appealed the decision and the case ended up at the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Again, in September 2013, the court ruled against the state but the three-judge panel vote was split 2 to 1, which made them file another appeal which was subsequently denied. In a final attempt state of New Jersey filled an appeal to the nation's highest court, the Supreme Court.
For now, sports betting is legal in New Jersey, after state lawmakers made revisions that included the privatization of all sports betting oversight, which gained them approval from the Governor Chris Christie.
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