Paul E. Lowe v. Railroad Retirement Board

This proceeding was instituted by petitioner to obtain a review of a decision of the Railroad Retirement Board, an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States Government. The board held petitioner not entitled after December 17, 1959, to receive unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. 52 Stat. 1094, as amended, 45 U.S.C. §§ 351-367.

With the exception of five days, petitioner was unemployed since January 2, 1959. He had applied for and been granted benefits in the sum of $2,478.60 for unemployment from January 2, 1959, to December 16, 1959. By…