Co. of Butler v. Centurylink et al s - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COUNTY OF BUTLER, Respondent 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 : No. 271 WAL 2017 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 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? [271 WAL 2017] - 2

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