# Philadelphia Entertainment & Development Partners v. City Council

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · April 2, 2008 · 596 Pa. 422

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9706255

## Case

- **Full name:** 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
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** April 2, 2008
- **Citations:** 596 Pa. 422; 943 A.2d 955; 2008 Pa. LEXIS 342
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Saylor
- **Judges:** Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Todd, McCaffery
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Justice SAYLOR,
concurring.
I agree with the majority that HSP Gaming L.P. v. City Council, 595 Pa. 508 , 939 A.2d 273 (2007), is controlling and, for that reason, Petitioners should receive treatment similar to that afforded to HSP. Absent such controlling precedent, I would favor the appointment of a special master to preside over the development of an evidentiary record and to offer recommended findings and conclusions, as I believe that such a record is conventionally necessary to address core, disputed factual matters, such as those regarding City Council’s inten *442 tions and conduct. Accord HSP, 595 Pa. at 534 , 939 A.2d at 288 (Saylor, J., dissenting).

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