Legal Opinion

Richards v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 22, 1980No. 143PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KAUFFMAN, Justice.

Appellant, Velma Richards, was denied unemployment compensation benefits by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (“Board”). The Commonwealth Court affirmed, en banc, with three judges dissenting. Richards v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 42 Pa.Cmwlth. 425, 400 A.2d 1345 (1975). We granted allocatur and now reverse and remand for computation of benefits.

*165The facts are not in dispute. In January, 1976, appellant earned sixty-eight dollars a week as a bus driver for the Quaker Valley School District (“Quaker”), where she had been employed for over…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Taylor v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Frumento v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Sturdevant Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  5. Van Products Co. v. General Welding & Fabricating Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Penn Hills School District v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Wheeler v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Renne v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Jones v. UNEMPLOYMENT COMP. BD., ETC.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Kleban v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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