Hart v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Section 504 of the Unemployment Compensation Law [43 P.S. §824], expressly provides that the Board may reverse the determination of a referee without taking on any new evidence, and our Court has said that: ‘This section has long been authority for the principle that the unemployment compensation referee acts merely as an agent for the Board and that the Board is the ultimate fact finding body empowered to resolve conflicts in evidence, to determine the credibility of witnesses, and to determine the weight to be accorded the evidence. ’ Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Wright, 21 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 637, 639 , 347 A.2d 328, 329 (1975).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Czitrom v. Commonwealth