Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 17, 1982No. Appeal, No. 3000 C.D. 1980PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Williams, Jr.,
Clyde A. Simpson (claimant) has appealed from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying him benefits for a one-week period that he was suspended from work. The basis for the Board’s order was its conclusion that the claimant had been suspended for behavior amounting to “willful misconduct,” under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).1
On June 2, 1980, claimant Simpson was suspended from his employment at the Tubular Products Division of the Babcock & Wilcox Company (Company); the period of actual suspension was…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Walter v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by30 opinions
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