Legal Opinion

Roccograndi Unemployment Compensation Case

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 21, 1962No. Appeals, 12, 13, and 14PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

The appellants are all members of a family who are involved in the wrecking business together. Each owns' 40 shares of stock in the company which has 205 outstanding shares, and all three are officers of the company. The officers of the company, during periods of insufficient work to employ all the members of the family, hold a meeting and by majority vote decide which members shall be “laid off”. It was decided by majority vote of all the stockholders that the appellants would be “laid off” because it was their respective turns. Immediately thereafter claims for…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. DePriest Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Wedner Unemployment Compensation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Starinieri Unemployment Compensation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Salis Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Starr v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Gilbert v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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