Senator Vincent J. FUMO, Representative Michael H. O'Brien, Senator Michael J. Stack, Representative John J. Taylor, Representative Michael P. McGeehan, and Representative Robert C. Donatucci, Appellants,
v.
The CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellee.
HSP Gaming, L.P., Appellee-Intervenor.
City Council of the City of Philadelphia, Councilmember Frank DiCicco, Appellants,
v.
City of Philadelphia, Stephanie W. Naidoff, Appellees.
HSP Gaming, L.P., Appellee-Intervenor.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 15, 2008.
Decided June 15, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas E. Groshens, Esq.; Jennifer M. McHugh, Esq., West Conshohocken, Stephen A. Cozen, Esq., F. Warren Jacoby, Esq., Cozen O'Connor; Philadelphia; Scot Russel Withers, Esq., William H. Lamb, Esq., Lamb McErlane, P.C., West Chester; Charles J. Hardy, Esq., Thomas A. Sprague, Esq., Richard A. Sprague, Esq., Sprague & Sprague, Philadelphia; John M. Donnelly, Levine, Staller, Sklar, Chan, Brown & Donnelly, P.A., Atlantic City, New Jersey, pro hac vice, for HSP Gaming, L.P. (207 EM 2007).
Stella Ming Tsai, Esq., Brian Charles Vance, Esq., James W. Christie, Esq., Matthew H. Shusterman, Esq., Christie Pabarue Mortensen and Young, Philadelphia, for City Council of Phila. & Councilmember Frank DiCicco (207 EM 2007).
Catherine M. Recker, Esq., Robert Eugene Welsh, Jr., Esq., Welsh & Recker, P.C., Philadelphia; Christopher B. Craig, Esq., PA Senate Counsel Senate Democratic Appropriations Committee, Harrisburg, for V. Fumo; M. O'Brien; W. Keller; M. Stack; J. Taylor; M. McGeehan; R. Donatucci (207 EM 2007).
Anthony Michael Pratt, Esq., Robin Peduzzi Sumner, Esq., Amy B. Ginensky, Esq., David Vincent Dzara, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Philadelphia; Richard Gerson Feder, Esq., Mark R. Zecca, Esq., Kelly Susan Diffily, Esq., City of Philadelphia Law Department, for City of Philadelphia (207 EM 2007).
Jennifer M. McHugh, Esq., West Conshohocken; Stephen A. Cozen, Esq., F. Warren Jacoby, Esq., Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia; William H. Lamb, Esq., Scot Russel Withers, Esq., Lamb McErlane, P.C., West Chester; Charles J. Hardy, Esq., Thomas A. Sprague, Esq., Richard A. Sprague, Esq., Sprague & Sprague, Philadelphia; John M. Donnelly, Levine, Staller, Sklar, Chan, Brown & Donnelly, P.A., Atlantic City, New Jersey, Pro Hac Vice, for HSP Gaming, L.P. (208 EM 2007).
Stella Ming Tsai, Esq., Brian Charles Vance, Esq., James W. Christie, III, Esq., Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen & Young, P.C., Philadelphia, for City Council of Phila. & Councilmember Frank DiCicco (208 EM 2007).
Anthony Michael Pratt, Esq., Robin Peduzzi Sumner, Esq., Amy B. Ginensky, Esq., David Vincent Dzara, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Philadelphia; Richard Gerson Feder, Esq., Mark R. Zecca, Esq., City of Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia; Kelly Susan Diffily, Esq., for City of Phila; Stephanie W. Naidoff (208 EM 2007).
BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD and McCAFFERY, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION
Chief Justice CASTILLE.
On December 26, 2007 appellants former Senator Vincent J. Fumo, Representative Michael H. O'Brien, Senator Michael J. Stack, Representative John J. Taylor, Representative Michael P. McGeehan, and Representative Robert C. Donatucci (collectively, the "state legislators") filed a "Petition for Review in the Nature of an Appeal From a Final Determination of a Political Subdivision Pursuant to 4 Pa.C.S. § 1506 and...
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