a reordering of Supreme Court’s functions has consequences regarding resources and procedures for Court and litigants, and should occur only upon very clear and deliberate terms
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- a reordering of Supreme Court’s functions has consequences regarding resources and procedures for Court and litigants, and should occur only upon very clear and deliberate terms
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ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 13th day of April, 2007, upon consideration of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s Emergency Petition for Review Concerning the Ordinance Passed by City Council for the City of Philadelphia on March 29, 2007, the Emergency Application for Emergency Special Relief Pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1532(a), the Emergency Application for Leave to File Original Process, and the Emergency Application for a Preliminary Injunction Pursuant to Pa.R.Civ.P. 1531(a) it is hereby ordered that
*509 (1) the Gaming Control Board’s Application for Leave to File Original Process is granted;
(2) the parties are directed to submit the matter on briefs;
(3) the Prothonotary’s Office is directed to establish an expedited briefing schedule; and
(4) the Gaming Control Board’s request for a preliminary injunction enjoining Respondents from placing the proposed question on the ballot in the May 15, 2007 primary is granted.
Justice SAYLOR files a Dissenting Statement which Justice CASTILLE joins.