Information Systems Services, Inc. v. Platt

*1245 OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This appeal concerns the ability of a shareholder to maintain a cause of action originally commenced in a Pennsylvania court of common pleas by a foreign corporation which lacked good standing in its home state and failed to obtain a certificate of authority in Pennsylvania.

Appellee, Information System Services, Inc. (“ISS”), developed computer consultation software. It was incorporated in New Jersey in January 1981 and maintained its principal place of business there. In June 1994, however, New Jersey revoked ISS’s certificate of incorporation for failing to file…