Legal Opinion
Carter v. Maine Employment Security Commission
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 7, 1976PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
Appellee, Clare Carter, left her employment in a poultry plant in Belfast, Maine, in August 1972. Her stated purpose was to join her husband who had moved to Presque Isle and was there employed. Concerning the motive for leaving her employment in Belfast, there is no issue in contest. The sole motive for her leaving Belfast was her desire to be with her husband.
Being unable to find work in Presque Isle, she filed a claim for unemployment compensation. Her claim was denied first by a deputy of the Maine Employment Security Commission, next by an appeal tribunal, and ultimately…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Toothaker v. Maine Employment Security CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
3Cited by8 opinions
- Gray v. Dobbs House, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1976
- Beard v. STATE, DEPT. OF COMMERCE, ETC.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
- Lyell v. Labor & Industrial Relations Commission, Division of Employment SecurityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- Dept. of Air Force v. St. Unemployment AppealsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
- Roy v. Maine Employment Security CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
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