Wright & Edwards v. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

HARGRAVE, Justice.

The issues presented are: a) whether the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission has standing to appeal from a decision of the district court sitting in review of a decision by the Board of Review, and b) whether a secretary hired to fill-in during the three-month pregnancy leave of another secretary is entitled to unemployment benefits when the regular secretary returns to work as scheduled. The district court overturned the Board of Review’s determination that the temporary employee was entitled to benefits. The Court of Civil Appeals found that the Commission did not have…