Legal Opinion
Lopata v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 4, 1985No. 63 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1984PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDERMOTT, Justice.
George E. Lopata (claimant) was granted discretionary review of the order of the Commonwealth Court affirming the order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying him unemployment compensation benefits. In rendering its order, the Board affirmed the unemployment compensation referee’s denial of benefits on the basis that claimant lacked the required number of “credit weeks”1 in his “base year”2 to be eligible for *573benefits. Section 4(a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex.Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sturdevant Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Uniontown Area School District v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Norristown Area School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Penn Hills School District v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Martin v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Small v. HornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Borough of Pottstown v. Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Department of Environmental Resources v. Rushton Mining Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Cugini v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Devine V. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2014
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