Legal Opinion

Shelton v. Oscar Mayer Foods Corp.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 18, 1997No. 24580PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURNETT, Justice:

Shelton claims the trial court and the Court of Appeals erred in holding the factual issues determined during a con tested hearing conducted by the South Carolina Employment Security Commission (ESC) did not preclude relitigation of those issues in a subsequent wrongful discharge suit. We affirm.

FACTS

Shelton was employed at the Louis Rich processing plant in Newberry, South Carolina. In 1987, William Brown, a security guard, told Louis Rich management he had observed Shelton and a co-worker smoking marijuana in the co-worker’s van in the Louis Rich parking lot. Allegedly,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Shovelin v. Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Hossler Ex Rel. Dows v. BarrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  3. Salida School District R-32-J v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
  4. Beall v. DoeCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
  5. Kelley v. TYK Refractories Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Olivieri v. Y.M.F. Carpet, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2006
  2. Jinks Ex Rel. Estate of Jinks v. Richland CountySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2003
  3. Williams v. RiedmanCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2000
  4. State v. BacoteSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
  5. Conner v. City of Forest AcresSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2005

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