Legal Opinion
Smith v. Director of the Division of Employment Security
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 17, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
In December, 1976, a review examiner of the Division of Employment Security issued a decision denying the appellant’s request for unemployment benefits. The review examiner found that the appellant had been discharged for drinking alcoholic beverages during company time in violation of a work rule, and that the discharge was “attributable solely to deliberate misconduct in wilful disregard of the employing unit’s interest within the meaning of [G. L. c. 151A,] Section 25 (e) (2).” A judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston affirmed that decision. On appeal, we reversed and remanded…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Garfield v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Goodridge v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Smith v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Conley v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Sohler v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
- O'Brien v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Torres v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Glasser v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Cantres v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Leone v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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