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ENTERTAINMENT & DEVELOPMENT v. COUNCIL

943 A.2d 955 (2008)

PHILADELPHIA ENTERTAINMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, L.P. d/b/a Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia, Petitioner, v. CITY COUNCIL FOR the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and The City of Philadelphia, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Kenneth Coran, Esq., Glenn A. Weiner, Esq., Joseph Paul Bradica, Esq., Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers, L.L.P.; Eric G. Fikry, Esq., William G. Schwartz, Esq., Jeffrey Brent Rotwitt, Esq., Stephen David Schrier, Esq., Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, L.L.P.; LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Esq., Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C.; Keth Robert Lorenze, Esq., Philadelphia, for Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners L.P. d/b/a Foxwoods Casino Phila.

Richard Gerson Feder, Esq., Kelly Susan Diffily, Esq., City of Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia, for The City of Philadelphia.

James W. Christie, III, Esq., Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen & Young, P.C., Philadelphia, for City Council for the City of Philadelphia.

CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, and McCAFFERY, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

Before us today is a Verified Petition for Review and an Application for Summary Relief and Expedited Briefing Schedule filed by Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, L.P. ("PEDP"). PEDP seeks to compel City Council for the City of Philadelphia and the City to comply with their statutory duties to implement the December 20, 2006 decision of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarding one of two Category...

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