Legal Opinion

George v. Unemployment Compensation Commission

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided January 30, 1945PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Layton, Chief Justice.

This case is before the Court under the provisions of Sec. 6 (i) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1 The facts are not in dispute.

The sole question is whether the plaintiffs, as employers, in making contributions to the Unemployment Compensation fund, were entitled after January 1, 1942 to a percentage rate lower than the standard rate of 2.7 per annum with respect to employment, under Sec. 7 (c) (1) (A) of the law.

The Act became effective on April 30,1937. In a prefatory declaration of state public policy it was declared that social security “can be accomplished by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. New Colonial Ice Co. v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Schwob Manufacturing Company v. HuietCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
  3. Florida Industrial Commission v. Schwob Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1943
  4. In re the Claim for Benefits under Article 18 of the Labor Law Made by TuranoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
  5. Matter of Turano v. WightmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1941

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Packard Clothes Inc. v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  2. Chaiken v. Employment Security CommissionSuperior Court of Delaware · 1971
  3. Sulloway & A. v. RolfeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1946
  4. In re Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme CourtSuperior Court of Delaware · 1963
  5. State v. Gibson's BarbecueCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978

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