*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT JOBE DANGANAN, ON BEHALF OF : No. 44 WM 2017 HIMSELF AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY :
SITUATED :
: : v. :
: : GUARDIAN PROTECTION SERVICES :
: : PETITION OF: UNITED STATES COURT :
OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT :
ORDER PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 8th day of August, 2017, the Petition for Certification of Question of State Law is GRANTED . This Court shall consider the following issues:
1. Whether a non-Pennsylvania resident may bring suit under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL), [73 P.S. §§201-1 to 201-9.3], against a business headquartered in and operating from Pennsylvania, based on transactions which occurred outside of Pennsylvania?
2. If the UTPCPL does not allow a non-Pennsylvania resident to invoke its protections, whether the parties can, through a choice-of- law provision, expand its protections to parties to the contract who are non-Pennsylvania resident consumers?
The Prothonotary is DIRECTED to establish a briefing schedule and list this case for oral argument.