# Philadelphia Entertainment & Development Partners, L.P. v. City of Philadelphia

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · December 21, 2007 · 594 Pa. 468

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9765340

## Case

- **Full name:** PHILADELPHIA ENTERTAINMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, L.P. D/B/A/ Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, City Council for the City of Philadelphia, and Department of Licenses and Inspections of City of Philadelphia, Respondents
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** December 21, 2007
- **Citations:** 594 Pa. 468; 937 A.2d 385; 2007 Pa. LEXIS 2701
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Castille
- **Judges:** Cappy, C.J., and Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Baldwin and Fitzgerald
- **Cited by:** 36 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that courts of the Commonwealth “should not give answers to academic questions or render advisory opinions or make decisions based on assertions as to hypothetical events that might occur in the future”
- explaining “that while subject matter jurisdiction concerns the power of a court to hear a claim, the doctrine of ripeness concerns the timing of a court[’s] intervention in litigation”

## Opinion text

Justice CASTILLE,
concur.
On the current pleadings, I agree with the denial of the Application for Reargument. However, I would allow Petitioner Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners (“PEDP”) the opportunity to amend the original filing in this matter to augment the record with additional and/or disputed facts that demonstrate that PEDP is in fact situated identically to the petitioners in HSP Gaming L.P. v. Council for the City of Philadelphia, 593 Pa. 358 , 930 A.2d 1251 (2007). I would also retain jurisdiction.

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