Filed a decade ago, a suit by employees of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City has put appearance and weight standards front and center, and provided a rare glimpse inside the casino industry, where glitz and glamour are as much a part of the equation as slot machines and table games.

The Borgata Babes case, which yielded a recent ruling from the Appellate Division, has raised important questions about what employee appearance standards may require and how they may be enforced.