Legal Opinion
King v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 27, 1972No. Civ. 28831PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RATTIGAN, J.
On this appeal from a judgment denying issuance of a writ of mandate, we are confronted with the question whether unemployment compensation benefits may constitutionally be denied a claimant whose employment was terminated because he insisted upon wearing a beard. We answer the question in the negative as to this particular claimant, reverse the judgment against him, and order remand of the cause for further administrative proceedings to be conducted in light of the constitutional problems presented.
Pursuant to section 1326 and related provisions of the Unemployment…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Finot v. Pasadena City Board of EducationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
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3Cited by25 opinions
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