The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California will hear a civil racketeering case in December involving Steve Wynn and his decision not to register as a federal agent through the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

The case ties in a civil lawsuit filed in Nevada against Wynn by a former Wynn salon manager at the Wynn Las Vegas, who said she was blacklisted and intimidated into silence after reporting to her supervisors that Wynn had allegedly raped one of her salon workers in 2005. Wynn has denied ever assaulting anyone.

Oral arguments are scheduled Dec. 6 in Long Beach, California, in the case in which Wynn Resorts Ltd. lost a request for summary judgment. The 9th Circuit will hear the matter based on the merits of the case.