Legal Opinion
Ault Unemployment Compensation Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 18, 1960No. Appeal, 54PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bok,
The question is whether respondent is entitled to unemployment compensation benefits or was guilty of wilful misconduct connected with his work under Section 402(e) of the Act of December 5, 1936, P. L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e).
The chronology of events is as follows:
On December 8, 1954, appellant was summoned to appear before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the United States Senate. At this hearing one Thomas, a member of the Communist Party reporting to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, identified appellant as an active Communist…
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