Anadarko Petroleum Corp. v. Comwlth. of PA

OPINION BY JUDGE CEISLER

In these combined interlocutory appeals by permission, we address two issues of first impression pertaining to Pennsylvania's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (Law or UTPCPL). 1 The first is whether Appellee Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General (Attorney General), can bring a cause of action against lessees pursuant to the UTPCPL, due to allegedly wrongful conduct perpetrated by the lessees in the context of leasing subsurface mineral rights from private landowners. The second issue is whether the Attorney General can bring a cause…