ROME - A federal court in Rome is planning to discuss the video poker ban during a scheduled hearing Tuesday. <br>
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A Ringgold truck stop and six other machine operators from Rome and northwest Georgia have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a state law banning the machines. <br>
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They are asking U.S. District Judge Harold Murphy of Rome to quash the July 1 deadline the Georgia Supreme Court set to have the machines out of the state. <br>
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The General Assembly passed a measure outlawing the machines during last summer's special session. <br>
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The operators were able to escape a January deadline with a ruling from a Fulton County court, but the state Supreme Court upheld the video poker ban on May 28. <br>
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Murphy dismissed an earlier attempt by the operators in federal court because of lack of jurisdiction.
