Addressing a question the U.S. Supreme Court left open in its high-profile jurisdictional ruling in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California, a Pennsylvania federal judge has declined to apply the landmark 2017 decision to class actions.

U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled Wednesday in Gress v. Freedom Mortgage that the named plaintiff in the proposed class action, who is a Pennsylvania resident, could continue to pursue claims on behalf of class members, even if they are not residents of the Keystone State. The ruling denied the defendant’s argument that Pennsylvania lacked jurisdiction over claims from non-Pennsylvania residents, since the mortgage company’s headquarters are in New Jersey and none of their claims would arise from activities that happened in Pennsylvania.

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