With Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille writing for the majority, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently navigated the murky waters of a waterfront casino in Philadelphia County. And its decision, just handed down at the end of the summer, might conceivably impact the economic and geographical landscape of the city for decades to come.
Albeit the state’s highest court confronted a jurisdictional challenge along with statutory repeal theories, at bottom the HSP Gaming L.P. v. City of Philadelphia decision addressed two fundamental issues. The first question entailed whether the city had the authority to issue a riparian license to HSP, a.k.a. SugarHouse. And assuming that it was so authorized, the second question was whether city’s subsequent revocation of that same license was valid.
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