CURTIS BAY T. CO. OF PA. v. DEPT. OF L. AND I.

No. 45 C.D. 1984.

87 Pa.Commw. 192 (1985)

Curtis Bay Towing Company of Pennsylvania et al., Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Labor and Industry, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Seus, Kelly, Harrington, McLaughlin & Foster, for petitioners.

Francine Ostrovsky, Assistant Chief Counsel, with her, Herbert W. Hoffman, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Charles Hasson, Acting Deputy Chief Counsel, for respondent.

Argued December 10, 1984, before Judges ROGERS, COLINS and Senior Judge KALISH, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, January 25, 1985:

This case presents the question of whether a recently enacted amendment to the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law (Law) requiring employers to withhold contributions from employees' wages is preempted by a provision of the federal Shipping Commissioners Act, 46 U.S.C. §601, recodified as 46 U.S.C. §11108, which proscribes wage withholding from seamen...

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