Court Opinion

ID: 4194254
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-08-08 20:12:39.024494+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:46:45.616273
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                                WESTERN DISTRICT

JOBE DANGANAN, ON BEHALF OF                 : No. 44 WM 2017
HIMSELF AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY            :
SITUATED                                    :
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GUARDIAN PROTECTION SERVICES                :
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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.