218 A.3d 1205
Pa.
2019

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION; CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C.; CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C.; CHESAPEAKE ENERGY MARKETING, L.L.C.; ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION; AND ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE, L.L.C.

No. 225 MAL 2019

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, MIDDLE DISTRICT

PETITION OF: ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION; AND ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE, L.L.C.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION; CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C.; CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C.; CHESAPEAKE ENERGY MARKETING, L.L.C.; ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION; AND ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE, L.L.C.

PETITION OF: CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION; CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C.; CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C.; CHESAPEAKE ENERGY MARKETING, L.L.C.

No. 226 MAL 2019

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 30th day of October, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, rephrased for clarity, are:

  1. Are claims by the Commonwealth, brought on behalf of private landowners against natural gas extractors alleging that the extractors used deceptive, misleading, and unfair tactics in securing natural gas leases from landowners, cognizable under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law?
  2. May the Commonwealth pursue antitrust remedies under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law?

Petitioners’ Applications to Supplement Petition for Allowance of Appeal are DENIED as moot.

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