Co. of Butler v. Centurylink, Pets

Opinion

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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