The contours of the relationship among the oil and gas industry, the people of Pennsylvania and the state’s government were at the heart of arguments Wednesday before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a case that could further invalidate portions of Act 13, which regulates the industry.
In a 90-minute marathon that saw six attorneys take turns responding to four discrete questions posed by the court, the justices heard argument over the government’s right to eminent domain, its responsibility to notify citizens of oil and gas spills affecting their water supply, and whether Act 13′s limits on doctors’ ability to share information about patients’ chemical exposure harms the public health. The “whiplash” series of arguments in Robinson Township v. Commonwealth, as one attorney described them, largely focused on whether portions of Act 13 provide special treatment to the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania.
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