ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20158
No(s). 284 (Commw. Ct. Pa. Jul 26, 2012)

A Pennsylvania appellate court partially struck down Act 13, which pertains to oil and gas operations in the Marcellus Shale, as unconstitutional. The Act repealed Pennsylvania’s Oil and Gas Act and replaced it with a codified statutory framework regulating oil and gas operations in the Commonweal...