Case Title: Comm v. Chesapeake Energy, et al (Anadarko s) - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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Docket Number: 225 MAL 2019

State: pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Date: 2019-10-30T00:00:00Z

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT 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: ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION; AND ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE, L.L.C. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 225 MAL 2019 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court 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 [225 MAL 2019 and 226 MAL 2019] - 2 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.