Opinion
No. 12 EAP 2023
07-21-2023
POM OF PENNSYLVANIA, LLC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, and City of Philadelphia Appeal of: Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a Parx Casino, Downs Racing, L.P., d/b/a Mohegan Sun Pocono, Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC, d/b/a Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, Washington Trotting Association, LLC, d/b/a Hollywood Casino At the Meadows, Chester Downs and Marina, LLC, d/b/a Harrah's Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack, and Wind Creek Bethlehem, LLC, d/b/a Wind Creek Bethlehem
John J. Cunningham, IV, Scot Russel Withers, Lamb Mcerlane PC, West Chester, PA, Joel L. Frank, Newtown Square, PA, for Appellant. Jason Robert Greenspon, Philadelphia Law Department, Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Edward Thomas Butkovitz, Miranda Lu Dang, Paul Gerard Gagne, Eric Joseph Schreiner, Shohin Hadizadeh Vance, Kleinbard LLC, Jerry Robert DeSiderato, Timothy James Ford, Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Michael Joseph Rullo, Philadelphia City Solicitor's Office, Philadelphia, PA, Karen Mascio Romano, Nicole Jeanne Boland, Michael John Scarinci, PA Office of Attorney General, Chad Westcott Zimmermann, Stephen S. Cook, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Harrisburg, PA, Kristin Kathryn Bray, Philadelphia Law Department, Arch Street, PA, Daniel Thomas Brier, Donna Ann Walsh, Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP, Scranton, PA, for Appellee.
John J. Cunningham, IV, Scot Russel Withers, Lamb Mcerlane PC, West Chester, PA, Joel L. Frank, Newtown Square, PA, for Appellant.
Jason Robert Greenspon, Philadelphia Law Department, Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Edward Thomas Butkovitz, Miranda Lu Dang, Paul Gerard Gagne, Eric Joseph Schreiner, Shohin Hadizadeh Vance, Kleinbard LLC, Jerry Robert DeSiderato, Timothy James Ford, Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Michael Joseph Rullo, Philadelphia City Solicitor's Office, Philadelphia, PA, Karen Mascio Romano, Nicole Jeanne Boland, Michael John Scarinci, PA Office of Attorney General, Chad Westcott Zimmermann, Stephen S. Cook, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Harrisburg, PA, Kristin Kathryn Bray, Philadelphia Law Department, Arch Street, PA, Daniel Thomas Brier, Donna Ann Walsh, Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP, Scranton, PA, for Appellee.
ORDER
PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 21st day of July, 2023, the Notice of Appeal is QUASHED. See 42 Pa.C.S. § 723(a) (limiting this Court's jurisdiction to "appeals from final orders of the Commonwealth Court entered in any matter which was originally commenced in the Commonwealth Court"); Pa.R.A.P. 341(b)(1) (defining a final order as one that "disposes of all claims and of all parties"); Pa.R.Civ.P. 232(a) ("A discontinuance or nonsuit shall not affect the right of the defendant to proceed with a counterclaim theretofore filed."). Cf. Melvin v. Doe , 575 Pa. 264, 836 A.2d 42, 44 n.4 (2003) ("[A]n order denying a motion for summary judgment does not terminate the litigation, and thus is not an appealable order.").