Jacobs v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

I respectfully dissent from the merits-based disposition of this case, since per curiam reversals at the allocatur stage are problematic. See, e.g., Darlington, et al., 20 Pennsylvania Appellate PRACTICE § 1122:1 (2015-2016 ed.) (commenting on this -“unusual” practice as being contrary to the appellate rules and depriving the parties of the opportunity to brief and argue the issues). Such orders are appropriate under limited circumstances, see 210 Pa.Code § 63.6(B); Commonwealth v. Maurer, 628 Pa. 13, 102 A.3d 421, 421-22 (2014) (Saylor, J., dissenting), and the litigants should be afforded a…