Supreme Court of Pennsylvania January 26, 1978, 131 (Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Sun Oil Co.)

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This was an action to determine the eligibility of approximately 1700 applicants for unemployment compensation benefits covering a period in which they were out of work during a labor dispute between their union and the Sun Oil Company of Pennsylvania.

The principal issue raised in this appeal

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is whether section 402(d) of Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 P.