Legal Opinion

Walker v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 31, 1978No. Appeal, No. 1606 C.D. 1976PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Calvin Walker (claimant) appeals here from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision denying him unemployment compensation pursuant to Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensátion *440Law1 (Law), which denies benefits when an employee has been guilty of wilful misconduct.

Section 510 of the Law, 43 P.S. §830, provides that this Court’s scope of review in an unemployment compensation appeal is confined to questions of law and, absent fraud, to a determination of whether or not the findings of fact are supported by…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DERRY TOWNSHIPCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Layton v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. First National Bank v. Department of BankingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Gill Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  5. Gill Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1950

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Labor & Industrial Relations CommissionMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Wojciechowski v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Arena Beverage Corp. v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. City of Philadelphia v. HennesseyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. DiIenno v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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