Tucker v. Caldwell

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In this case we must decide whether appellant’s due process rights were violated when, after a proper hearing to determine that appellant had received excessive unemployment benefits, the state recovered the excessive amount by reducing appellant’s future benefits without an additional special hearing. We must also decide whether the trial judge erred in denying appellant’s request for certification as a class action. Because we find that the state’s procedure for recovering excessive benefits satisfies due process standards, and that the judge correctly denied class…