The PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD, Petitioner,
v.
CITY COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA; Patricia Rafferty, in Her Capacity as Chief Clerk of City Council of Philadelphia; Philadelphia County Board of Elections; and The Honorable Nelson Diaz, The Honorable Paul Jaffe, and The Honorable Gene Cohen, Acting City Commissioners, in Their Official Capacity as the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, Respondents,
Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, L.P. d/b/a/ Foxwood Casino Philadelphia, HSP Gaming, L.P., Intervenors.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Petitioner,
v.
City Council of Philadelphia; Patricia Rafferty, in Her Capacity as Chief Clerk of City Council of Philadelphia; Philadelphia County Board of Elections; and the Honorable Nelson Diaz, The Honorable Paul Jaffe, and The Honorable Gene Cohen, Acting City Commissioners, in Their Official Capacity as the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, Respondents.
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Submitted April 27, 2007.
Decided August 3, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lance Michael Geren, Esq., Freedman & Lorry, P.C., Philadelphia, for amicus curiae International Longshoremen's Association, et al.
Richard P. Limburg, Esq., Eric G. Fikry, Esq., Jeffrey Brent Rotwitt, Esq., Stephen David Schrier, Esq., Sarah Anne Shapiro, Esq., Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, L.P.
Jennifer M. McHugh, Esq., Stephen A. Cozen, Esq., F. Warren Jacoby, Esq., Cozen O'Connor, William H. Lamb, Esq., Scot Russel Withers, Esq., Lamb McErlane, P.C., Richard A. Sprague, Esq., Charles J. Hardy, Esq., Thomas A. Sprague, Esq., Sprague & Sprague, John M. Donnelly, Levine, Staller, Sklar, Chan, Brown & Donnelly, P.A., pro hac vice, Philadelphia, for HSP Gaming, L.P.
Thomas W. Corbett, Esq., Harrisburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Richard Douglas Sherman, Esq., Francis T. Donaghue, Esq., PA Gaming Control Board, Jeffrey S. Waksman, Esq., Arlene Fickler, Esq., Linda S. Lloyd, Esq., Lawrence T. Hoyle, Jr., Esq., Hoyle, Fickler Herschel & Mathes, L.L.P., Harrisburg, for PA Gaming Control Board.
Maurice Robert Mitts, Esq., Mitts Milavec, L.L.C., Philadelphia, for City Council of Philadelphia, et al.
Romulo Liberio Diaz, Jr. Esq., City of Philadelphia Law Department, City of Philadelphia Board of Elections.
Jennifer M. McHugh, Esq., F. Warren Jacoby, Esq., Stephen A. Cozen, Esq., Cozen O'Connor, William H. Lamb, Esq., Scot Russel Withers, Esq., Lamb McErlane, P.C., Richard A. Sprague, Esq., Charles J. Hardy, Esq., Thomas A. Sprague, Esq., Sprague & Sprague, John M. Donnelly, Levine, Staller, Sklar, Chan, Brown & Donnelly, P.A. pro hac vice, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae HSP Gaming L.P.
Richard P. Limburg, Esq., Eric G. Fikry, Esq., Jeffrey Brent Rotwitt, Esq., Stephen David Schrier, Esq., Sarah Anne Shapiro, Esq., Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, L.L.P., Michael Kenneth Coran, Esq., Glenn Aaron Weiner, Esq., Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg, & Ellers, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Philadelphia Entertainment Development Partners d/b/a Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia.
Brian L. Watson, Esq., Howard L. Meyers, Esq., Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Esq., Morgan Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce; Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau; Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association.
Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Esq., PA Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION
CAPPY, C.J.
On December 20, 2006, under the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act ("Gaming Act" or "Act"), 4 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., the petitioner, the Pennsylvania Gaming Board ("Board"), approved two slot machine licenses for Intervenors, HSP Gaming, L.P. ("HSP") and Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, L.P., ("Philadelphia Entertainment") in the City of Philadelphia
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