Bala wins another court battle
A Fargo woman whose sentence for illegal gambling was overturned has won another court battle, this one saying she is owed more than $110,000 in back rent. The ruling by a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds an earlier decision by a bankruptcy judge who said Susan Bala was entitled to collect for the back rent.
FARGO (AP) — A Fargo woman whose sentence for illegal gambling was overturned has won another court battle, this one saying she is owed more than $110,000 in back rent.
The ruling by a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds an earlier decision by a bankruptcy judge who said Susan Bala was entitled to collect for the back rent.
The dispute arose from the prosecution of Bala’s now-defunct Racing Services Inc., a Fargo-based company that handled off-track bets for simulcast horse races. Bala and RSI were exonerated two years ago when appeals judges threw out federal convictions.
Bala said she was owed the $110,218 in rent because RSI rented office space in a building she owned, even after the state stripped control of the company from her. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William Hill granted her request in September 2007. The government appealed.
Bala spent 523 days in prison. She is suing in federal court, saying her constitutional rights were violated. The government denies the allegation.
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