Case Name: The PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD, Petitioner v. CITY COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA; Patricia Rafferty, in Her Capacity as Chief Clerk of City Council of Philadelphia; Philadelphia County Board of Elections; and the Honorable Nelson Diaz, the Honorable Paul Jaffe, and the Honorable Gene Cohen, Acting City Commissioners, in Their Official Capacity as the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2007-04-13
Citations: 932 A.2d 869
Docket Number: Nos. 55 and 56 EM 2007
Parties: The PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD, Petitioner v. CITY COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA; Patricia Rafferty, in Her Capacity as Chief Clerk of City Council of Philadelphia; Philadelphia County Board of Elections; and the Honorable Nelson Diaz, the Honorable Paul Jaffe, and the Honorable Gene Cohen, Acting City Commissioners, in Their Official Capacity as the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, Respondents.
Judges: Justice SAYLOR files a Dissenting Statement which Justice CASTILLE joins.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 932
Pages: 869–870

Head Matter:
The PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD, Petitioner v. CITY COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA; Patricia Rafferty, in Her Capacity as Chief Clerk of City Council of Philadelphia; Philadelphia County Board of Elections; and the Honorable Nelson Diaz, the Honorable Paul Jaffe, and the Honorable Gene Cohen, Acting City Commissioners, in Their Official Capacity as the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, Respondents.
Nos. 55 and 56 EM 2007.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 13, 2007.

Opinion:
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
(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.