Case Information
*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
COUNTY OF BUTLER, : No. 271 WAL 2017
:
Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court v. :
:
:
CENTURYLINK COMMUNICATIONS, :
LLC, AND ALL SUBSIDIARIES AND :
RELATED ENTITIES; THE UNITED :
TELEPHONE COMPANY OF :
PENNSYLVANIA LLC, AND ALL :
SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; CONSOLIDATED :
COMMUNICATIONS OF :
PENNSYLVANIA, LLC, AND ALL :
SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; CONSOLIDATED :
COMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISE :
SERVICES, INC., AND ALL :
SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; CORE COMMUNICATIONS, :
INC., AND ALL SUBSIDIARIES AND :
RELATED ENTITIES; INTERMEDIA :
COMMUNICATIONS OF FLORIDA, INC., :
AND ALL SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA, :
INC., AND ALL SUBSIDIARIES AND :
RELATED ENTITIES; LEVEL 3 :
COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, AND ALL :
SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; TELCOVE OF EASTERN :
PENNSYLVANIA, AND ALL :
SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; AT&T CORP., AND ALL :
SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; TELEPORT :
COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, :
AND ALL SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; US LEC OF PENNSYLVANIA, :
LLC, AND ALL SUBSIDIARIES AND :
RELATED ENTITIES; BANDWIDTH.COM :
CLEC, LLC, AND ALL SUBSIDIARIES :
AND RELATED ENTITIES; COMCAST :
PHONE OF PENNSYLVANIA, LLC, AND :
ALL SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; PEERLESS NETWORK OF :
PENNSYLVANIA, LLC, AND ALL :
SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED :
ENTITIES; AND ABC COMPANIES 1 :
THROUGH 20, :
:
Petitioners :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW , this 26th day of December, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED . The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
When the General Assembly plainly and unambiguously grants the right to enforce a statute to a particular Commonwealth agency, may a different plaintiff circumvent this legislative directive by attempting to enforce the statute through common-law damages claims?
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