Davis v. Stiles

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

Petitioner Margaret Davis applied for unemployment compensation after losing her job as a school bus driver, and was denied benefits. After remand by the Arkansas Court of Appeals, she was denied certain benefits for a reason unrelated to the first denial. The question on appeal is whether respondent, the Department of Labor, should be allowed to raise a wholly new challenge to a claimant’s application for benefits upon remand. The Court of Appeals affirmed the denial and we granted petitioner’s motion for review pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 29(4)(b). We reverse.

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