COMMONWEALTH v. CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION

No. 225 MAL 2019, No. 226 MAL 2019.

218 A.3d 1205 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION; Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Energy Marketing, L.L.C.; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; and Anadarko E&P Onshore, L.L.C. Petition of: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; and Anadarko E&P Onshore, L.L.C. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Chesapeake Energy Corporation; Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Energy Marketing, L.L.C.; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; and Anadarko E&P Onshore, L.L.C. Petition of: Chesapeake Energy Corporation; Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Energy Marketing, L.L.C.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jared Dimock Bayer , Cozen O'Connor, for Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Petitioners.

Stephen A. Cozen , for Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Petitioners.

Joseph Stephen Betsko , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Daniel Thomas Brier , Myers, Brier & Kelly, L.L.P., for Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Marketing, LLC, Respondents.

Seamus Cotter Duffy , Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, for Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Chesapeake Energy Marketing, LLC and Chesapeake Operating, LLC, Respondents.

Dorothy Alicia Hickok , Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, for Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Chesapeake Energy Marketing, LLC and Chesapeake Operating, LLC, Respondents.

Dustin Bryan Hillsley , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, for Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Chesapeake Energy Marketing, LLC and Chesapeake Operating, LLC, Respondents.

Howard Greeley Hopkirk , PA Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Norman Wesley Marden , Public Protection Division, Antitrust Section, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Joshua D. Shapiro , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Donna Ann Walsh , Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP, for Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Chesapeake Energy Marketing, LLC and Chesapeake Operating, LLC, Respondents.

Tracy Wright Wertz , PA Attorney Gen Anti-Trust, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Dorothy Alicia Hickok , Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, for Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C., Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Marketing, L.L.C. and Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C., Petitioners.

Daniel Thomas Brier , Myers, Brier & Kelly, L.L.P., for Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C., Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Marketing, L.L.C. and Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C., Petitioners.

Seamus Cotter Duffy , Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, for Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C., Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Marketing, L.L.C. and Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C., Petitioners.

Dustin Bryan Hillsley , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, for Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C., Chesapeake Energy Marketing, L.L.C. and Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C., Petitioners.

Donna Ann Walsh , Myers, Brier & Kelly, L.L.P., for Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C., Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Marketing, L.L.C. and Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C., Petitioners.

Jared Dimock Bayer , Cozen O'Connor, for Anadarko E&P Onshore, L.L.C. and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Respondents.

Joseph Stephen Betsko , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Stephen A. Cozen , Cozen O'Connor, for Anadarko E&P Onshore, L.L.C. and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Respondents.

Howard Greeley Hopkirk , PA Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Norman Wesley Marden , PA Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Joshua D. Shapiro , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Tracy Wright Wertz , PA Attorney Gen Anti-Trust, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.


ORDER

AND NOW, this 30th day of October, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, rephrased for clarity, are:

(1) Are claims by the Commonwealth, brought on behalf of private landowners against natural gas extractors alleging...

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