Bingo parlor lawsuit tossed

A lawsuit filed by the Vallejo Music Theatre against the operator of the city’s biggest bingo parlor has been thrown out of court but the fight’s not over yet, the theater’s attorney said Thursday. The case wasn’t dismissed because the charges were meritless, but becaus

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Fri, July 4th, 2008

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