Loftus v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Philco Corp. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Erie Forge & Steel Corp. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Gladieux Food Services, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Geesey v. Commonwealth · Miller v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Since the purpose of our unemployment compensation system is to compensate an individual when work has been denied him through no fault of his own, logically the test of whether a work stoppage resulted from a strike-or a lockout requires us to determine which side, union or management, first refused to continue operations under the status quo after the contract had technically expired, but while negotiations were continuing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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