By Griffin Pritchard / The Tallassee Tribune
The celebration in Shorter was short-lived after Montgomery Circuit Judge William Shashy, as Attorney General Luther Strange announced on Friday his intent to appeal the ruling that dismissed the State of Alabama’s civil forfeiture case against the casino and dog track.
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