Legal Opinion
McKenzie v. Maine Employment Security Commission
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 8, 1982PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.
The specific problem which this case presents is, whether an applicant for unemployment compensation who was erroneously declared ineligible to receive any benefits on the ground of insufficient wage credits should be awarded those benefits retroactively after the mistake is discovered, even though he failed in the interim to appeal the initial determination of ineligibility and to file weekly claims as required by statute (26 M.R.S.A. §§ 1192 and 1194). Following timely appeals from the denial of retroactive benefits within agency structured procedures,…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Fusari v. SteinbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- California Department of Human Resources Development v. JavaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Red Bird v. MeierhenrySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
- Toothaker v. Maine Employment Security CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
- In re StanleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Wheeler v. Maine Unemployment Insurance CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- Davis v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Keller v. Maine Unemployment Insurance CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- Outdoor World Corp. v. Maine Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988