SYNTHES USA HQ, INC. v. COMMONWEALTH

No. 11 MAP 2021.

289 A.3d 846 (2023)

SYNTHES USA HQ, INC., Appellee v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

February 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent Kristopher Beissel, Esq. , Frank J. Gallo, Esq. , Reed Smith LLP, for Appellee Synthes USA HQ, Inc.

Thomas Jude Gohsler, Esq. , PA Department of Revenue, for Appellee Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.

Karen Marie Gard, Esq. , Michelle Ann Henry, Esq. , Neil Patrick McConnell, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Sean Andrew Kirkpatrick, Esq. , for Appellant.

Joseph C. Bright, Esq. , Dan Aaron Schulder, Esq. , Heidi Renee Schwartz, Esq. , Cozen O'Connor, for Amicus Curiae Allianz of America, Inc.

Kelly Donigan, Esq. , Jennifer Weidler Karpchuk, Esq. , Stewart M. Weintraub, Esq. , Chamberlain Hrdlicka , Leah S. Robinson, Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Mastercard International Incorporated.

BAER, C.J., TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.


OPINION

In this corporate income tax case, we are presented with two discrete questions of law. First, we consider a threshold issue questioning the authority of the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") to represent the Commonwealth in this litigation, where it asserts an interpretation...

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