Legal Opinion
Griggs v. Sands
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 18, 1975PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
These consolidated cases present the same issues for determination on appeal. They were tried and decided in different courts below on separate petitions for certiorari, seeking review of a decision of the Board of Review of the Tennessee Department of Employment Security, rendered on December 6, 1971.
The basic issue presented for decision is whether or not a back-pay award, made to discharged employees by an arbitrator, under a collective bargaining agreement, is to be treated as “wages” under the terms of the Tennessee Employment Security Law, so as to entitle the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Social Security Board v. NierotkoSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- National Labor Relations Board v. Gullett Gin Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Nash v. Florida Industrial CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Employment Security Board v. RuckerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
- Cawthron v. ScottTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Hiserote Homes, Inc. v. RiedemannSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Department of Labor and Industry v. SmallsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977
- Havill v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Mrkonjich v. Erie Mining Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Bettcher v. Wyoming Department of EmploymentWyoming Supreme Court · 1994
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