Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Game Commission v. Seneca Resources Corp.

OPINION BY

Judge COVEY.

Seneca Resources Corporation (Seneca) filed preliminary objections to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Game Commission’s (Commission) Complaint seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against Seneca1 relative to development of oil and natural gas under State Game Lands 39 in Venango County, Pennsylvania. The issues for this Court’s review are whether the Commission’s claims are justiciable, and whether the Commission’s Complaint states a cause of action upon which relief may be granted. We overrule in part and sustain in part Seneca’s preliminary…