Court Opinion

ID: 9706255
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:37:34.494079+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:20.735646
License: Public Domain

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*442tions and conduct. Accord HSP, 595 Pa. at 534, 939 A.2d at 288 (Saylor, J., dissenting).