Title: Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront, et al v. The PA Gaming Control Board (Per Curiam Order)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

[J-64-2007] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT NEIGHBORS ALLIED FOR THE BEST RIVERFRONT; BELLA VISTA UNITED CIVIC ASSOCIATION; THE FRIENDS OF PENN TREATY PARK; HILARY REGAN; BRUCE SCHIMMEL; EDWARD VERRALL; BROMLEY PALAMOUNTAIN; RICHARD WOLK; JOHN DIETEL AND KATHLEEN O'NEILL, A MARRIED COUPLE; FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR MINOR CHILD; AND LOUIS COOK, Petitioners v. THE PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD, Respondent HSP GAMING, LP, Intervenor PHILADELPHIA ENTERTAINMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LP Intervenor : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 38 EM 2007 Application for Summary Relief filed on behalf of HSP Gaming, LP Petition for Review filed on behalf of Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront, et al. Application to Lodge filed on behalf of Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront, et al. ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 22nd day of June, 2007, the Application for Summary Relief filed by HSP Gaming, LP, is granted. The Petition for Review filed by Petitioners is dismissed for lack of standing pursuant to Society Hill Civic Ass’n v. Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, __ Pa. __, __ A.2d __ 2007 WL 1610165 (June 4, 2007). The Application to Lodge filed by Petitioners is denied. Messrs. Justice Castille and Saylor dissent. See Society Hill Civic Ass’n v. Pennsylvania Gaming Control Bd., ___ Pa. ___, ___, ___ A.2d ___, ___, 2007 WL 1610165, *8-9 (June 4, 2007) (Saylor, J., dissenting).