The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that citizens from other states can sue Pennsylvania-based businesses for transactions that occurred outside the state under the Unfair Trade Practices Consumer Protection Law.

The justices’ unanimous ruling in the class action Danganan v. Guardian Protection Services answered the certified questions on the UTPCPL’s geographic restrictions posed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which had been handling the case, and sent it back to the federal appellate court.