Grossinger v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Laudenberger v. Port Auth. of Allegheny · Martin v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Bievenour v. Commonwealth · 65 Pa. Commw. 445 - Cillo v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Preliminarily, we note that, inasmuch as the statute discriminates in establishing classes of certain persons or groups of persons as eligible or ineligible for benefits, but does not discriminate among members within a class eligible for benefits, the claimants’ challenge confuses invidious discrimination with the bonafide establishment of eligibility requirements. See Bie venour v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 42 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 616 , 618 n.2, 401 A.2d 594 , 595 n.2 (1979). . . . [W]e must sustain the legislative classification unless it is patently arbitrary and without a rational relationship to a legitimate government interest. 4”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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